RE: Temperature Monitor

John, I understand totally.  We monitor all our own stuff, (environmental,
data circuits, connections to key partners, servers/AS400, etc).  I do tend
to get some "noise", but in the long run it is worth it.  I own the company,
and I live the closest to the data center (not in my house though, but only
less than a mile down the road).  Getting away from it all is nice, but the
ultimate responsibility rests in my lap.  I have too much of a vested
interest to be sure the monitoring id accurate.  Our AS400 monitor attempts
many different type of recovery based on the given failure.  Some message
are critical enough to get a page ("hey, you lost a drive in your RAID
set"), and some just get sent as normal email.

I get away a lot, but I have a Treo600 that allows me to log on remotely and
check/resolve some problems.

The weather duck is cool, and priced pretty well.

Sometimes the cool factor has to win out.
cjg

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-----Original Message-----
From: John Myers [mailto:psumba@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 4:08 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Temperature Monitor


Carl,

There was no additional monthly charge from the alarm company ... and I like
to occasionally get out of town (and have known to not keep my cell
on/available/in range).  The alarm company option added an element of "human
intelligence" for us.  Our "call list" is sequenced by distance from the
office (I'm closest).

Like I said before, I LIKE your solution (it IS cool!!!).  I just wanted to
offer an alternative view at a lower price.

John

On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 09:10:28 -0400, Carl Galgano
<cgalgano2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> John:
> We send message to cell phones, but I guess a regular pager would work 
> as well.  I get cell text messages anywhere, (not just local), and 
> always have a cell with me, so it is no big deal. Does the alarm 
> company charge you extra per month to monitor the temp. Since our 
> computer room is not monitored remotely by an alarm company, this is 
> not an option for us. The Weather Duck is a nice little unit.
> cjg
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