Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 16:58:53 +0000 (GMT) From: Ben Vaughn <bvaughn@pns.net> To: Paul Robinson <wigstah@akitanet.co.uk> Cc: "H. Paul Hammann" <hpaul@hammann.com>, isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Remote controlled power strips Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000327165825.38885D-100000@shell01.pns.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003272251550.45627-100000@elwood.akitanet.co.uk>
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Try the APC Masterswitch, http://www.apcc.com. These are really cool, and we have a couple here. -biv ---- Ben Vaughn Prophet Network Systems On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Paul Robinson wrote: > On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, H. Paul Hammann wrote: > > > 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. > > Well, 2 solutions spring to mind: > > 1. Instead of power strips, stick rack-mount UPS kit in there that is > controllable remotely, that will already by definition have the sockets > arranged in a dense manner. Unfortunately, this means that you waste > rackspace. > > 2. Use multiple strips on opposite sides of the case. First rack goes to > left, second to right, third to left, fourth to right etc. If you're > strips come from different supplies and your servers are clustered, you > even get a reasonable amount of redundancy in a dense environment. > > Well, that's just a thought, but I've never had to do high-density > rack-mounting, so what would I know? :-) > > -- > Paul Robinson - Developer/Systems Administrator @ Akitanet Internet > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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