Do you have any monitoring in your data center to detect if there is some water near the server racks? No? If you feel this is something you should have, then SCOM can help you with minimum investment. All you need to do is, buy a device which can detect water(read the below article for more), and configure the SCOM to respond the SNMP traps sent by the device.
You can read complete story at http://thoughtsonopsmgr.blogspot.com/2011/10/snmp-oids-and-scom-lets-start-rocking.html. I felt this is worth sharing.
Happy SCOMming.. 🙂
Sitaram Pamarthi