IT-type question

[Paul Lussier]

"Drew Van Zandt" <drew.vanzandt at gmail.com> writes:

> New product, rackmount, 24 ports (or so) of Sensatronics
> temperature/humidity/etc.  monitoring. (Network-based and works with
> Linux, of course - all our stuff does.)
>
> 1U or 2U?  We're leaning towards 2U because it lets us be more
> flexible, but would you have specific objections to something 2U?

I think you'll find a much larger demand for 1U, for which you could
adjust your price accordingly.  Having a cheaper, 2U alternative might
be a good idea as well if there's such market demand.  IMO, if you
cram something into 1U of space, do it, I'd rather pay slightly more
to save rack space if possible.

> What would you be most interested in monitoring other than
> temperature/humidity/wetness?

 - Amps drawn (power consumption)
 - Vibration levels
 - Noise levels
 - UPS load levels and/or capacity remaining

> What other cool/useful features would you like?

 - SNMP queriable
 - Web-based configuration
 - ssh access for command line configuration (with the ability to
   authenticate against *external* agents, NIS, LDAP, Kerberos...)
 
-- 
Seeya,
Paul