Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it typical to run those
functions in one or more servers in your noc?

On Sat, Aug 25, 2018, 3:05 PM David Coudron <[email protected]>
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> OK, sounds like we need to get our hands on a PI and start messing with
> it.   Our monitoring is mostly going to be IP based stuff.   We are
> implementing Sonar and need it to run the Poller client.  So we will be
> ping devices and doing SNMP pulls.   We may also have it do some other
> scripted stuff, but haven’t really dug into that much.
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> Once we have a Linux device in these sites, I am sure there is more that
> we could be doing with it than what we monitor/control today.
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> Regards,
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> David Coudron
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> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of * Forrest Christian
> (List Account)
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 25, 2018 3:04 PM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] POE powered PC for monitoring
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> Raspberry pi should be robust enough, the only issue would be sd card
> durability if you don't pick a good quality card and take care to mount the
> drives with sd friendly mount options.
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> To somewhat hijack the discussion, I'm interested in what you plan to
> monitor on site.  The reason is that I'm currently doing product definition
> work for our next generation in caninet monitoring platform which is going
> to include a lot of the functionality that would normally be reserved for
> the noc.   Mainly want to know what people are looking for in this type of
> solution.
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> On Sat, Aug 25, 2018, 8:10 AM David Coudron <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> We are considering adding a small Linux based PC/device into our cabinets
> to run a variety of monitoring services.   There are lots of small
> computing options out there, but we haven’t stumbled across a solution that
> seems to provide the fit we are looking for.   Here is a list of desired
> features:
>
>    1. Support for Ubuntu 16.04
>    2. POE powered, either 24 or 48 V will work
>    3. Small form factor, DIN Rail mounted would be ideal
>    4. Cheap – We think there is reasonably priced stuff out there, but
>    haven’t found it yet.   There are industrial versions of these things, but
>    we don’t need that reliability or durability
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> Some things that aren’t important to us:
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>    1. Durability – we have backup monitoring running in our NOC so if we
>    lose one of these we can run indefinitely without it
>    2. High Performance – any moderate level platform will do, it is just
>    monitoring
>    3. Gigabit Ethernet – 100 Mbit is fine
>    4. Bluetooth/Wifi or video support -  As long as we can get Linux
>    installed and log into it remotely we are fine.
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> We keep looking at the Raspberry PI platform, but are not sure that either
> the performance/compatibility under Ubuntu will be OK.   Anyone have any
> luck with a moderately priced solution for this kind of thing?
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> Regards,
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> David Coudron
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