Written by Clifford

Devices in an infrastructure need to be kept within a normal temperature range.

This is one of the key aspects of data center environmental control.

The CPU is one of the most critical server components.

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Its also one of the most vulnerable due to its propensity to overheat.

As a result well arrive atfree continuous CPU monitoring, with a web graphical interface.

The steps might differ depending on your hardware and operating system controls.

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Also be aware that youll need an Anturis account to adhere to these instructions.

you’ve got the option to sign up for a free trial here.

After your trial ends it’s possible for you to stay on afree plan with up to five monitors.

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Thus, motherboard sensors almost always show a lower temperature.

For this reason, as a rule, I prefer core sensors over the motherboards.

In our case just executing a sensors command is not enough.

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We need to concatenate the strings to get only a degree (C) as an integer.

In this case we get 52.0, which is right.

intel core 2 quad max temperature).

Our test CPU has a value of 71.4C.

Lets specify that in the Less than or equal to box:

Thats it.