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.<br><br>see <a href="http://www.sensatronics.com/cms/index.php/plain/products">
http://www.sensatronics.com/cms/index.php/plain/products</a> 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.
<br><br>W<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/13/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Nick Frost</b> <<a href="mailto:nickf@nickorama.com">nickf@nickorama.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Nick Frost wrote:<br><br>> Of course, if the machine is in a server<br>> room running Linux (where an audible alarm might not be heard), I would<br>> be inclined to compile an I2C capable kernel with the appropriate module
<br>> for the environment data chip (usually the Winbond 83627 these days),<br>> and have a cron script that runs "sensors" every 15 mins and send email<br>> if the temperature gets out of spec. I think the module on my AMD
<br>> machine is "w83627hf"<br><br>Another thought.<br><br>There are also some commercial PCI boards that monitor temperature, but<br>they are also expensive.<br><br>I have been looking at simple/cheap ways for additional monitoring of PC
<br>case temperature and get the data, which then can send email or page a<br>cellphone (via email to SMS gateway that most cellular providers now<br>offer). At SFI I wrote some scripts to query RAID controller and send<br>
and SMS message to a cellphone (via email) in the event of a disc drive<br>failure, so I figure it ought to be simple to do the same if a<br>temperature gets out of spec (i.e. a fan fails).<br><br>Serial Port Temperature Sensors - Hardware Interface
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