[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk server with remote monitoring capabilities

[beonice]

--- Michael Welter <mike at introspect.com> wrote:

> William Boehlke wrote:
> > Dell sells a remote management card for under $400
> that enables remote
> > reboots. I know there are others out there but
> have no experience with them.
> > 
> >  
> > William Boehlke
> > Signate
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com]
> On Behalf Of beonice
> > 
> > I'm tired of having to drive out to the colocation
> facility each time my
> > dedicated asterisk server craps out, just to press
> the button to do a hard
> > reboot.
> > (I'm running 1.05 stable at present, no telephony
> hardware, as this is
> > mainly a system that receives calls, no dial-out
> ability is needed.) 
> > 
> APC makes a power strip with a web server.  Each
> socket has its own IP 
> address.  All you have to do to power cycle is
> access the IP address 
> from your web browser and give the power cycle
> command.  It is sooo cool.

Thanks for your responses, folks.

Okay, so what makes more sense:
  1) a remote management card that will let me
actually log in to the machine to monitor it as well
as to reboot it
    vs.
  2) a remote-accessible powerstrip that will allow me
to remotely reboot the server?

I'm realising that sometimes the problem may simply be
processes out of control, and may be something that
doesn't require killing the entire machine, but just
some processes. 

In my current setup (an ordinary PIII 1.someting GHz
machine, not a server-class machine), when a process
goes haywire, I lose remote access via SSH, so I drive
to the colo, log in, sigh in frustration, and reboot
"because I'm already here, so why not?".

Some of the problems were caused by my old router ...
since I replaced it, the need to drive the 40 miles
each way has gone down significantly ... in fact, to
pretty much zero. So I have time to contemplate my
options here. :)

Cheers,
Maya



	
		
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