If that server goes down then you get an alert that that server is offline by whatever mechanism you have watching your servers. Or if the monnit service stops, yet get notified that that service has stopped assuming that's monitored as well. In my case both the server being online and all autostart services are both monitored and I get alerts on outages, so the sensor service going offline sends an alert the same as an Exchange database being dismounted or the DNS service stopping.
>From monnit you get nothing other than looking at the status page that the >sensor hasn't checked in, no alerts come to the phone. I know this because >there was a firewall change that stopped the updates to monnit.com for two >days, and that was the only thing that stopped working. In my case, the USB gateways are installed on my Hyper-V hosts. If those hosts go offline, I get notified about it via text and email If nothing else this started a good discussion on temperature monitoring and alternatives. Doing these things is the reason we're hopefully not uncompensated highly for :) From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Raper Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 9:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Recommended product - server room temperature monitor: monnit.com And what happens if said server where said device is plugged into USB goes down/offline? I see a dependency there that might not be tolerable in some environments. I would echo the APC environmental monitoring. Or you could go with a dedicated device like a netbotz (also owned by APC now). My $0.02, which was not uncompensated. Jonathan Raper, MCSE, VCA Senior Solutions Engineer Sent by Outlook for Android From: Dave Lum Sent: Friday, June 19, 11:51 AM Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Recommended product - server room temperature monitor: monnit.com To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> The subscription defines features, you could forego it if the basic stuff is sufficient http://www.monnit.com/monitoring-options From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Freddy Grande Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 3:53 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Recommended product - server room temperature monitor: monnit.com What does the subscription cover? Is it just warranty/support? Personally we use our Eaton UPS' external temp/humidity/etc monitor. Freddy From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Lum Sent: Friday, 19 June 2015 3:40 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [NTSysADM] Recommended product - server room temperature monitor: monnit.com I figured I'd throw out a recommendation for a server room temperature monitoring tool I've used for several months now. I had a client buy a USB temperature monitoring kit + 1 additional USB gateway, and for about $250 (includes 1 year of their $39/yr. premier subscription) total I am able to monitor two separate server rooms in two different buildings and get alerts. The alerting comes from their servers and you can check the status via web portal or even a mobile app. I have used their tech support a couple of times and it's U.S. based and excellent. http://www.monnit.com/ I am not uncompensated for this pitch and I am unaffiliated with them, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express once. Attention: Information contained in this message and or attachments is intended only for the recipient(s) named above and may contain confidential and or privileged material that is protected under State or Federal law. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken on it is prohibited. If you believe you have received this email in error, please contact the sender, delete this email and destroy all copies. Attention: Information contained in this message and or attachments is intended only for the recipient(s) named above and may contain confidential and or privileged material that is protected under State or Federal law. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken on it is prohibited. If you believe you have received this email in error, please contact the sender, delete this email and destroy all copies.
