[nmglug] Linux built SAN

[Bill York]

temptrax offers a relatively cheap box that supports 4 probes per device and
outputs html reports. it also plugs into nagios with very little effort.
that could supply you with email or txt alerts.

see http://www.sensatronics.com/cms/index.php/plain/products and look for
the model E. i've used them and they're simple and reliable. they are for
environmental measuring and won't tell you that your processor is 40C, but i
guess you could drop a probe inside the case.

W

On 11/13/06, Nick Frost <nickf at nickorama.com> wrote:
>
> Nick Frost wrote:
>
> > 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"
>
> Another thought.
>
> There are also some commercial PCI boards that monitor temperature, but
> they are also expensive.
>
> I have been looking at simple/cheap ways for additional monitoring of PC
> case temperature and get the data, which then can send email or page a
> cellphone (via email to SMS gateway that most cellular providers now
> offer).  At SFI I wrote some scripts to query RAID controller and send
> and SMS message to a cellphone (via email) in the event of a disc drive
> failure, so I figure it ought to be simple to do the same if a
> temperature gets out of spec (i.e. a fan fails).
>
> Serial Port Temperature Sensors - Hardware Interface
> http://martybugs.net/electronics/tempsensor/hardware.cgi
>
> -Nick
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