Re: [lopsa-tech] Pagers

2013-07-24 Thread Jon Dustin
all from. Several years ago we purchased an SMS modem, and use http://smstools3.kekekasvi.com/ to send SMS pages. This also avoids any sort of (local) network issue, as it uses the cellular carrier directly. Bit of monthly dollars, but has proven itself quite

Re: [lopsa-tech] Cable management arms

2013-04-10 Thread Jon Dustin
flexibility for the "unknown", and being able to pull out a server while it is running has potential. The extra space with a 2U server makes the arms easier to deal with. For now, I'm still happy with them. -- Jon Dustin - Network Specialist University of Southern Maine Portla

Re: [lopsa-tech] OpenManage

2013-04-05 Thread Jon Dustin
: HDD Read Policy : Adaptive Read Ahead Write Policy : Write Back Cache Policy : Not Applicable Stripe Element Size : 64 KB Disk Cache Policy : Enabled Easy to parse this text for errant hardware, then send a report elsewhere. I

Re: [lopsa-tech] nagios / cacti / spiceworks / zabbix / munin / zenoss

2013-03-22 Thread Jon Dustin
ve, and I find it very simple to extend its functionality as well. SNMP monitoring is a bit weak, but doable. Linux monitoring is very strong, with a small agent that runs on each system (non-privileged user). Very customizable alerts, configured on the central server. -- Jon Dustin - Network Spe