IT services in Oberlin, Ohio
KawaConnect supports a licensed cannabis cultivation facility in Oberlin. Its environmental and security systems need to stay up, and someone has to notice quickly when they do not.
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Systems that cannot go quiet
A cultivation site runs around the clock, and its controls and cameras do not wait for business hours.
Cultivation depends on environmental and security systems staying online. When one drops off the network, the problem may not show until someone walks past it. We set the site up so the outage reaches us first.
- Monitoring: uptime checks and Grafana dashboards on the switches, firewalls, servers and recorders the site relies on, so an outage raises an alert.
- Security systems: IP cameras and recorders on a dedicated segment, with remote viewing through a VPN and ongoing maintenance.
- Network design: VLAN segmentation that separates controls, cameras, office computers and guest access, so a problem in one does not spill into the others.
- Backups: offsite copies and restore tests for records and device configurations.
- Remote access: Tailscale or site-to-site VPN for the people who need to check in without opening ports.
Working from Pennsylvania
Monitoring a cultivation site works well from a distance, so most of what we do for Oberlin happens from Coraopolis and Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Lorain County visits, for cabling, equipment swaps or a facility walk-through, are arranged around the project.
Because the state licenses and audits these facilities, we document what we build. The next engineer, or your own team, can read how the network and recording systems are put together.
IT services we provide in Oberlin
CCTV and cameras
Facility camera systems with recorders and secure remote viewing.
Network security
Segmentation, MFA and VPN access for a site with several kinds of equipment.
Backup and recovery
Written recovery steps for each system, so a failed server or recorder can be rebuilt.
Networks and firewalls
Firewall pairs and switching meant to survive a single hardware failure.
Linux servers
Administration for the Linux machines that host monitoring and applications.
Managed IT
Patching, helpdesk and documentation from named engineers.
How an engagement works
- Map the site. We list what runs there and which systems matter most.
- Rank the risks. The written scope puts first whatever would do the most harm if it went quiet overnight.
- Implement and watch. We build, verify, document and keep monitoring.
Questions about IT in Oberlin
Can you monitor systems we already own?
Yes. We can add monitoring and dashboards to existing equipment, after we review how it is connected.
Do you install environmental controls?
No. We handle the network, security systems, monitoring and backups around them. Controls stay with your equipment vendors.
Do you support other kinds of cannabis site in Lorain County?
Yes. We also support a licensed processing facility in Grafton. Read about Northeast Ohio coverage or see all service areas.
Protecting a cultivation facility's uptime
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