I doubt your app would require a fan since you won't be pushing the processor that hard.
On Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 5:55 PM Robert <i...@avantwireless.com> wrote: > Seems like a fan is defeating the whole purpose of a Pi board... > > On 8/27/18 12:38 PM, Joe Novak wrote: > > I just saw this on slashdot: > https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/poe-hat/ > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 1:43 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) > > <li...@packetflux.com <mailto:li...@packetflux.com>> wrote: > > > > Ok, that makes more sense. > > > > My initial assumption was that you were doing some automated > > management at the site, i.e. rebooting radios, etc via script > > control. I'm trying to figure out what is interesting for people > > to control automatically so I can make sure those features make it > > into either the first or an early release. > > > > For what you're doing, I'd definitely start with the Pi. > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 7:20 PM, David Coudron > > <david.coud...@advantenon.com <mailto:david.coud...@advantenon.com>> > > wrote: > > > > That’s right. We have this running in our NOC as a backup only > > if the local ones fail. Our DIAs are geographically dispersed > > so the thought is we run these in the DIA and some other key > > towers for their local subnets only since we don’t backhaul our > > traffic from the different regions to the NOC, we dump it on the > > Internet close to the tower groupings. If these monitors fail > > for some reason, we fire up the one in the NOC that is connected > > to those subnets through VPN. We are looking for cheap and > > small foot print since we have a very feasible backup we can > > kick in easily. ____ > > > > __ __ > > > > Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef>____ > > > > ____ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > *From:*30141712500n behalf of > > *Sent:* Saturday, August 25, 2018 6:55 PM > > *To:* af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> > > > > > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] POE powered PC for monitoring ____ > > > > ____ > > > > Probably what a lot of us would do. I kind of get the impression > > that he wants to run these things locally?____ > > > > __ __ > > > > bp____ > > > > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>____ > > > > __ __ > > > > On 8/25/2018 3:39 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote:____ > > > > 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 > > <david.coud...@advantenon.com > > <mailto:david.coud...@advantenon.com>> 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 <af-boun...@af.afmug.com > > <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> *On Behalf Of *Forrest > > Christian (List Account) > > *Sent:* Saturday, August 25, 2018 3:04 PM > > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com > > <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> > > *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 > > <david.coud...@advantenon.com > > <mailto:david.coud...@advantenon.com>> 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 > > AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > < > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com>____ > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > >____ > > > > > > > > ____ > > > > __ __ > > > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *Forrest Christian* /CEO//, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc./ > > Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 > > forre...@imach.com <mailto:forre...@imach.com> | > > http://www.packetflux.com <http://www.packetflux.com/> > > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> > > <http://facebook.com/packetflux> <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> > > > > > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> > > > > > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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