Remote Control of Datacenter Assets

Operating computers located in remote data centers poses a set of drawbacks, including workflow inefficiencies and slow response time in case of malfunction. This paper presents a set of solutions tested and currently in the prototyping stage at Carnegie Mellon University, for handling remote control of datacenter computing assets. Integration with the existing campus automation and control services plays a central role in the presented solutions, significantly improving the response time and saving countless trips to the remote data center.