> That is not to say that large monitoring rooms are a better choice over automation (which they are not).

I'm sure when the automation is perfect and widespread to the point that it catches and alerts on every network event, the monitoring rooms will disappear.

But unless you have an entire organization dedicated to automation development or pay an incredibly large sum of money for pre-built packages, the business decision may still be made to actively monitor the network with eyeballs.

Every failure mode is known until a new one pops up. Automation without any kind of ML secret sauce relies on known failure-modes.

Not advocating one or the other, just playing Devil's advocate for the Devil's advocate.

-Matt

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 2:28 PM Töma Gavrichenkov <ximaera@gmail.com> wrote:

Peace,

On Thu, Dec 17, 2020, 12:21 AM Lady Benjamin PD Cannon <ben@6by7.net> wrote:
We are still operating ours - 27 1080P projectors - but with a skeleton crew of just 3. Given the air volume, it’s almost like outside.

A devil advocate here,

First of all, COVID-19 is really serious.

With that in mind, with all the necessary precautions office space *may* be managed safely to prevent the spread.

Production plants had security measures preventing workforce injuries for a century already. Just a bit of that, with constant trainings, would get your monitoring room safe, especially with all the bars closed and everything operating on delivery.

That is not to say that large monitoring rooms are a better choice over automation (which they are not).

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Töma