watchdog, who is using it?

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

 

 

 

 

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