[CentOS] Suggestion for Server Room monitoring

[Les Mikesell]

Fajar Priyanto wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a situation like this:
> Our little server room is always on. It has an air conditioning unit,
> but barely enough.
> So sometimes during weekend, the temperature could reach unhealthy
> level, like 29 degree Celsius.
> Currently, there's no personnel to monitor it 24 hours a day.
> I'm thinking of using a tool to monitor the temperature, and then send
> sms/email when it reaches certain threshold.
> Anyone has an idea? Could be software based or hardware one.

It is overkill for a single item, but if you want to monitor server 
load, network bandwidth, etc. as well, OpenNMS (http://www.opennms.org) 
is good and can pick up temperature from APC or Cisco devices with 
sensors and SNMP enabled.

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   Les Mikesell
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