Remote Control Powerstrips

[Rick Stevens]

On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 09:35 -0600, redhat at buglecreek.com wrote:
> I was following a thread on the list a while ago and a few people made
> some recommendations for remote control power strips.  Some how I lost
> the thread. There are so many out there, it would be nice to hear from
> some people who actually used them.  I would like it to have the
> following features if possible: secure web interface, secure command
> line interface (ssh), rack mountable.  I would prefer not to use telnet.
> Depending on where these are placed on the infrastructure the web
> interface may not be an option, so a secure command line menu would be
> good. 

We have about 40 APC strips in use.  We've also played with ones from
DataSpec and Liebert.  They're all pretty similar.  We do prefer ones
that report not only total amperage but also amperage per outlet.

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