> On 09-Aug-00 The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> > use something like netsaint to monitor those machines? and the APC master
> > switch is web administered, so it would be too easy to build a quick perl
> > script to trigger a power outlet correspondign to the partiular server
> > that was n olonger responding ...
>
> Personally I would wire something up to the reset switch instead..
there are watchdog cards like the Berkshire to do this. I was asked to
fix a Linux driver problem for one of these cards and wrote a FreeBSD
driver for the card. Thankfully *BSD is stable enough that this board
is not needed, but (trying to justify my time in doing the driver for BSD)
the card also has a temperature feature that you could use with a ATX power
supply and the FreeBSD 3.x/4.x init to shut off the machine if the
internals get to hot.
--mark tinguely
To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
