Model of data center temperature monitoring system with the use of open source hardware

This paper puts in the focus two important segments of information and communication technology. The first segment is monitoring of data centers and the second one is usage of open source hardware. The reason for combining these two segments is effort to explore the efficiency of open source hardware platforms in these environments. The advantages of open source hardware platform as a tool for rapid prototype development and combination of variety of technologies were taken as the main starting point for this research. This paper describes the model for data center temperature monitoring with the usage of open source hardware. The prototype system is partially implemented in accordance with the presented model.