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From: Kevin Day <toasty@dragondata.com>
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Subject: Re: Remote controlled power strips
To: hpaul@hammann.com (H. Paul Hammann)
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 15:00:42 -0600 (CST)
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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


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