[CentOS] Suggestion for Server Room monitoring

Mon Feb 16 02:04:20 UTC 2009
Christopher Chan <christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk>

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.
>   

You can get temperature reads of your cpu and motherboard with 
lm_sensors...provided your motherboard's chipset is supported...