[195294] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Temperature monitoring
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mel Beckman)
Fri Jul 14 01:28:00 2017
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From: Mel Beckman <mel@beckman.org>
To: Pete Baldwin <pete@tccmail.ca>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 05:27:51 +0000
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Weathergoose by IT watchdogs. 1U rackmount devices with very shallow depth =
of about an inch or two. Sensors are cheap, varied, and you can daisychain =
dozens of them together. So one server box can monitor entire row of racks.=
Loads of other features too for notification, escalation, and SNMP managea=
ble.
-mel via cell
> On Jul 13, 2017, at 9:27 PM, Pete Baldwin <pete@tccmail.ca> wrote:
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> We have Sensaphones (sensaphone.com) in remote offices. We use IMS-4000s=
. They are a 1RU box with RJ45 jacks on the front. You can run CAT-5 to w=
here you want to monitor something, and stick a module on the end of the ca=
ble. They have temp, humidity, generic NO/NC sensors, power sensors to gr=
aph voltage and alert on voltage swings etc. They can send emails, SNMP t=
raps, or dial out with a modem. They also have a built in mic that can=
alert on noise increases. Some models allow you to dial in and listen =
to the room.=20
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>> On July 13, 2017 10:33:22 PM EDT, Dovid Bender <dovid@telecurve.com> wro=
te:
>> All,
>>=20
>> We had an issue with a DC where temps were elevated. The one bit of
>> hardware that wasn't watched much was the one that sent out the initial
>> alert. Looking for recommendations on hardware that I can mount/hang in
>> each cabinet that is easy to set up and will alert us if temps go
>> beyond a
>> certain point.
>>=20
>> TIA.
>>=20
>> Dovid
