On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Kimball Larsen <kimb...@kimballlarsen.com> wrote: > I would like to get emails if the temperature in my server room (or the temp > on certain sensors of my servers) ever goes up past a certain threshold. > What tools exist and what configurations should I consider to do this?
It's funny, I've been researching exactly this same thing this morning. I got a good start by looking at the config files posted here: http://forums.cacti.net/about8323.html If you're familiar with SNMP, it shouldn't be a big deal to make sense of the OID in those files. If you're not familiar with SNMP, I humbly suggest this primer: http://blog.josephhall.com/2009/01/quick-snmp-primer.html If you're interested in external hardware, Tensai up in Idaho showed me this: http://www.weathershop.com/temptrax-E.htm -- Joseph http://blog.josephhall.com/ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
