Hello,

I was interested in using this to automatically reboot my server and since my ISP doesn't support the harware PCI card I would head to the kernel module.

I searched alot here but I didn't find all the informations I need:

1) Who is using it in a production environment?
2) Is it really effective without the PCI card?
3) Is it dangerous? I heard of neverending reboot loops in event of misconfiguration and so...
4) Where can I find a full documentation about it? I hardly found some man pages but they didn't really help me.


Thanks

I wonder how it works by using kernel module? when the OS crashed wouldn't it won't work anymore?

...yes, this was my main concern :)

Basically if the kernel doesn't die it SHOULD be able to hard reboot the system, probably it is not as robust as the hardware combo but it SHOULD help.

Unfortunately I acually haven't any chance to install a PCI WD card on my server...