Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 12:30:03 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: Peter Sleggs <peters@belsys.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Remote power cycle Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980108122733.24211C-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <19980108.083338.5O6.rnr.w165w@belsys.com>
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> considering 2 projects. > > 1. Watchdog card, or box of some sort > > 2. Reset controller box > serial input [ modem maybe ] with 8 relays to allow the reset of > computers remotely > > Is there a demand for these sorts of hardware ? > Wish lists for features ? We bought jobbers off the shelf for this - for approx $250 you get a central control jobber and a bunch of jobbies you plug into outlets and then the cpu into that - I DONT USE THEM EVER because I have found that more times than not (unless it is my 1 last SCO box) is that something serious, that requires my prescence went wrong - like a bad hard disk - and power cyclingly blindly in many cases would not only hide the evidence of what is up, but could actually make matters worse.
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