Andy, there's all kinds of waterbugs around but I suggested one that is monitored by a third party service rather than just SMSing you. If you have a monitored alarm in your NOC, your provider can add one (or a couple) to the existing alarm pretty easily. As a security company, we install those kinds of things, so we "eat our own dogfood". The example I use for our sales people though is that most water leaks are soaking up in the ceiling long before it hits the waterbug sensor. I don't know if you've ever seen a wet ceiling come down, but it usually balls up for a while before it finally breaks. A perfectly placed leak could take out the messaging server, internet router, etc. and your message will never get to you. It's also nice to have someone else take the alarm run down a list of contacts in the event that I'm not reachable for whatever reason. We also looked at above the ceiling systems. One that interested us was from Dorlene Products in Milwaukee. I've had no dealings with them so I can't validate their product, but it might be worth at least considering.
_____ From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 8:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: moisture sensor ideas (cross post to Exchange and NT Lists) All, I'm look for a water sensor that I can place on the floor next to the walls on my data center and in other strategic locations in our facilities. I originally thought of net botz/APC, however, those devices are overkill for my needs. All I'm looking for is a device that can attach to my network wired or wirelessly and send an email/SMS message if it detects moisture. Anybody have experience with such an animal? Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook <http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook> ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
