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]> wrote: > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > Regards, > > > > David Coudron > > > > > > > > *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 > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > On Sat, Aug 25, 2018, 8:10 AM David Coudron <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 > > > > Some things that aren’t important to us: > > 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. > > > > 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? > > > > Regards, > > > > David Coudron > > > > > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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