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Because most of the time there is no other option to actually monitor it? Sure, in the ideal world you always have a dedicated, HVACed closet with at least12/2
by justsomehnguy 5y ago
Because most of the time there is no other option to actually monitor it?
Sure, in the ideal world you always have a dedicated, HVACed closet with at least12/24U rack, at least /26 for network services, some 1U HL server to provide monitoring, network services, alerting, secure channels... In the real world you are often happy what your "rack" is at least not in the literal water closet.
- Nextgrid 5y agoYou don't really need a server for this. A low-power Raspberry Pi will be good enough. If the device you're trying to monitor has a serial port, your existing network hardware most likely has a console port that can be connected to it and then remoted into (after auth by the router's firmware).
- justsomehnguy 5y ago> A low-power Raspberry Pi will be good enough Great, now you have some DYI solution with no warranty and no support. Also if it breaks you need to repeat the whole DYI process. > , your existing network hardware most likely has a console Haven't seen 'outbound' serial on network gear... for ages? And it dosn't help for > that can be connected to it and then remoted into if I can't run custom apps on the said router. Sure, pfSense has apcupsd but the most pfsense platforms are already in the 1U server grade. And if we talking 'low power RPi' than a chance of both having a serial port and a custom binaries are pretty low.