Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 12:25:03 -0600 (CST) From: "H. Paul Hammann" <hpaul@hammann.com> To: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Remote controlled power strips Message-ID: <14559.41613.385850.24321@elvis.mu.org>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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