Thanks to all that responded. We are actually going to get one of each (ITWatchDogs and AVTech) and see what we think.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J- P Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Network Closet and Server Room Monitoring We have been looking at http://www.avtech.com/Products/ Jean-Paul Natola ________________________________ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 11:19:58 -0700 Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Network Closet and Server Room Monitoring We have their Weathergoose II in our main datacenter and have been happy with it. Monitors temps in 3 places, plus city power and a water sensor under our raised floor (for where we used to get some flooding with the old A/C unit). There is also a camera attached (add-on), and it does light levels as a bonus (not something we really need, but comes with). -B From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kennedy, Jim Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 11:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Network Closet and Server Room Monitoring 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]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mayo, Bill Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 1:56 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[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
