[nmglug] Linux built SAN

[Nick Frost]

Andres Paglayan wrote:
> thank you,
> it comes just in time, as I haven't make a decision yet,

Hi Andres;

Oh, good, I was hoping that was the case.  The only other option I 
considered were some of the Supermicro cases that have fan assemblies in 
them, but they are very expensive, I think the 3Ware drive cage is a 
good solution.  The only other thing I'm not sure I mentioned are these;

110 Alert, temperature alarm for cases, making a noise when the temp 
inside your case reaches above 110F

http://www.directron.com/110alert.html

which I think are a good idea for any custom file server type enclosure 
that has lots of disks in it. Of course, if the machine is in a server 
room running Linux (where an audible alarm might not be heard), I would 
be inclined to compile an I2C capable kernel with the appropriate module 
for the environment data chip (usually the Winbond 83627 these days), 
and have a cron script that runs "sensors" every 15 mins and send email 
if the temperature gets out of spec. I think the module on my AMD 
machine is "w83627hf"

Winbond 83627EHG-A
http://lists.lm-sensors.org/pipermail/lm-sensors/2005-July/012996.html

Good Luck.

-Nick
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