I know this is slightly off-topic, but since it's still related to the list, I thought I'd give it a try. I am wondering what systems are out there (open source, preferably) for data collection and processing of hardware health data (temperature, CPU clock, fan speeds, etc). Ideally brand agnostic and location agnostic as well.
I know of Cacti, but it would require SNMP enabled devices AFAIK, so room/generator/misc monitors wouldn't necessarily be included.
You're going to find that the most commonly recommended solution, I think, will be proxy SNMP, and let your SNMP monitor log it; there are *lots* of reasons not to want to run two infrastructures for that. Cheers, - jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274