IT-type question

2006-04-26 Thread Drew Van Zandt
Would you guys mind sharing your opinions on something IT-related with me? You guys are pretty experienced in the field and I suspect you have strong opinions. Here's the decision under consideration: New product, rackmount, 24 ports (or so) of Sensatronics temperature/humidity/etc. monitoring.

Re: IT-type question

2006-04-26 Thread Neil Schelly
I'd prefer 1U just because I don't really see anything in your description to require more. I hate to waste space, but you didn't list your reasons to lean toward 2U, so I can't say for sure. That said, similar products also have sensors to monitor voltages, current draws (assuming that's avai

Re: IT-type question

2006-04-26 Thread Travis Roy
1U or 2U? We're leaning towards 2U because it lets us be more flexible, but would you have specific objections to something 2U? 1U, the more I can jam into a space the better. What would you be most interested in monitoring other than temperature/humidity/wetness? noise level? video? ___

Re: IT-type question

2006-04-26 Thread Bruce Dawson
Drew Van Zandt wrote: ... > What would you be most interested in monitoring other than > temperature/humidity/wetness? Power; esp incoming voltage. Watts consumed would be useful too. > What other cool/useful features would you like? Ability to remotely powercycle (and/or reset) your box. Remot

Re: IT-type question

2006-04-26 Thread Thomas Charron
On 4/26/06, Drew Van Zandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: New product, rackmount, 24 ports (or so) of Sensatronicstemperature/humidity/etc.  monitoring. (Network-based and works with Linux, of course - all our stuff does.)     Will you be using any sort of PCI cards?  If so, you'll probrably want to go

Re: IT-type question

2006-04-26 Thread Paul Lussier
"Drew Van Zandt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > New product, rackmount, 24 ports (or so) of Sensatronics > temperature/humidity/etc. monitoring. (Network-based and works with > Linux, of course - all our stuff does.) > > 1U or 2U? We're leaning towards 2U because it lets us be more > flexible, bu

Re: IT-type question

2006-04-27 Thread Ben Scott
On 4/26/06, Drew Van Zandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1U or 2U? We're leaning towards 2U because it lets us be more > flexible, but would you have specific objections to something 2U? Like everyone else said, 1U is the way to go if possible. > What would you be most interested in monitoring