Server Room temp monitors

[k1pp3r]

Does anyone know of any decent USB or Cat5 temp monitor for server rooms? I had an AC unit go out in a server room and it his about 92 degrees in winter.

I have my own server monitoring but it can not monitor room temps, its not an option to change this.

I know i could setup nagios with a temp sensor but that is pretty much overkill for 1 room sensor. Not to mention i really don't want to go through the hassle of setting up nagios.

I want temp monitoring with email alerting that would be great.

There are a few online that i see such as
http://www.temperaturealert.com/
http://www.smarthome.com/15250/THUM-USB-Temperature-Humidity-Sensor/p.aspx

But i'm wondering if anyone has any experience with them

 

[supermen]

http://www.iscdfw.com/onlinecatalog/sensorprobe/sensor-probe.htm
http://www.amazon.com/UPTIME-DEVICES-SH-2-Sensorhub-Environ/dp/B0002Y0TK0


We have a client that has used these for years with great success. It can be tied into monitoring systems such as PRTG very easily.

I've used temperaturealert device and it is a pile of crap. The device is inaccurate and the alert program is a real piece of work.

 

[k1pp3r]

Thanks for the link, i am comparing a few products from APC and blackbox i will add this to the list. Temp monitoring cost a pretty penny doesn't it

 

[nessus]

Thanks for the link, i am comparing a few products from APC and blackbox i will add this to the list. Temp monitoring cost a pretty penny doesn't it

Yep, but not compared to what it can cost you to ahve Sun boxes run overtemp for too many hours in conditions a PC server wouldn't even care about...

Especially in a room with 30 deg F temp climb per hour with a cooling failure....

Never a good thing to get a page about a system hang at 3:00 AM, you send someone on site into the room and have them say, "I don't know exactly how hot it is, but I'm sweating in 2 minutes and the temp on the thermostat is pegged at 98 F".

They had just updated the firmware on th air conditioning controller, but specified the wrong switch type so the manamgment system thought the cooler was running when it was off, and off when it was running. Gotta love cooling system changes.