Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 15:00:42 -0600 (CST) From: Kevin Day <toasty@dragondata.com> To: hpaul@hammann.com (H. Paul Hammann) Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Remote controlled power strips Message-ID: <200003272100.PAA59334@celery.dragondata.com> In-Reply-To: <14559.41613.385850.24321@elvis.mu.org> from "H. Paul Hammann" at Mar 27, 2000 12:25:03 PM
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> > > This is perhaps a little off topic, but I think any ISP, compute > farm, etc. with a bunch of FreeBSD machines would be interested in an > answer. > > I have a bunch of Intel machines that are 1 rack-unit high. They > stack very nicely in standard 19 inch racks. Currently, we have power > strips which can be manipulated remotely via a serial port. > Individual sockets can have power removed or restored, which is > extremely nice if you want to power cycle a machine but don't want to > drive to the office. The only problem is that these power strips have > outlets every 6 inches. We have machines every 1.75 inches, so we > have to use multiple power strips and the power cords rapidly become > messy. > > It would be ideal to have power strips that have the remote > manipulation feature but also have sockets spaced so that there was > one per rack unit (1.75 inches IIRC). If anyone knows of dense power > strips like this I would be most grateful for any information. If > people reply directly to me I will summarize to the list. Thanks in > advance. > > Regards, > > H. Paul Hammann > hpaul@hammann.com > You're not likely to find these, because of UL regulations on things like this. APC MasterSwitches worked well for me. Kevin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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