Data Centers / IT Infrastructure

MDC System

Modular Data Center Automation & Monitoring

Full-stack monitoring and automation platform for modular data centers—tracking power, cooling, rack health, security access, and predictive maintenance with real-time visibility.

Timeline

8-10 months

Team Size

6-8 engineers

Technologies Used

PythonNode.jsSNMPModbus/TCPInfluxDBGrafanaDockerMQTTPower/Energy APIs

The Challenge

The client's modular data center operations were fragmented, manual, and prone to delayed fault detection. Each system—power, cooling, security—had its own monitoring tool.

Without unified visibility, issues often went unnoticed until they became critical. There was no predictive maintenance, no centralized alerting, and too much manual intervention.

Our Mission

Unify all sensors, equipment controllers, and monitoring interfaces under a single dashboard with intelligent automation.

Improve uptime through proactive monitoring

Enable automated alerting and response

Reduce manpower dependency

Enable predictive failure detection

What We Delivered

Hardware integration layer (SNMP/Modbus)

Backend for time-series data processing

Real-time monitoring dashboards

Threshold-based alerting system

Automated alert rules engine

Maintenance log management

Role-based access control

Energy meter integration

UPS system monitoring

PAC (Precision Air Conditioning) unit integration

Physical security sensor connectivity

Pain Points & Challenges

Protocol Inconsistency

Different hardware vendors used incompatible protocols (SNMP, Modbus, proprietary APIs), making unified monitoring difficult.

Time-Series Load Spikes

Thousands of sensors sending data simultaneously created massive ingestion spikes that overwhelmed traditional databases.

Corrupted Edge Packets

Edge devices occasionally sent malformed or incomplete data packets due to power fluctuations or network issues.

Mission-Critical Sensitivity

Any monitoring system failure could blind operators to critical infrastructure issues affecting uptime.

How We Overcame Them

Protocol Abstraction Layer

Built a universal adapter framework that normalized SNMP, Modbus, and custom protocols into a standard data format.

InfluxDB + Buffered Collectors

Implemented InfluxDB time-series database with buffered data collectors to handle massive ingestion spikes gracefully.

Packet Sanitization & Retry Logic

Created intelligent packet validation with automatic retry mechanisms and error logging for corrupted data.

Redundancy & Health Heartbeats

Deployed redundant monitoring nodes with active health-check heartbeats and automatic failover for safety.

Results & Impact

Boosted system visibility across all racks and equipment

Reduced downtime through proactive alerting

Enabled predictive maintenance scheduling

Scaled operations without proportional manpower increase

Became a core operational asset for the client

"The MDC System became a core operational asset, enabling the client to scale their data center operations without scaling manpower proportionally."

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