We went with ITWatchDogs a few months back upon the recommendations of a list member here .....I am thrilled. A little rack mounted unit then you just mix and match the sensors you want. We are covered for fire, power, temp, humidity, door and water. It emails on minor events, calls on major events...you decide which is which. Won't do text messages directly but you could email alerts to an sms converter if you wanted to do that. Cost was just over 2K. Installation was a breeze. We used the Relay Goose II.
http://www.itwatchdogs.com/ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mayo, Bill Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 1:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] Network Closet and Server Room Monitoring We have some very, very old NetBotz units that we use to monitor wiring closets and our data centers. One of them has died and I need to look at replacing it. Since I last bought one, the company has been acquired by APC (which itself has apparently been acquired) and significant changes have been made to the product line. I figure this is a good time to evaluate other options since any change is going to be significant. Does anyone have any alternatives to NetBotz that they would endorse? We want a rack-mountable model and primarily use the temperature monitoring and door sensors, although we appreciate having the other monitors that are built-in or can be added. The units we have include built-in cameras and we would need to at least have the ability to add that (no current rack-mountable NetBotz includes a camera). Thanks, Bill Mayo
