[TriLUG] Remote Power Control

[Ron Young]

Tim,

That sounds perfect.  I hope you can remember the contact for that device.
It sounds like a rack type PDU that I am familiar with used in large
datacenters that can be used to power cycle a single outlet in the strip
via an IP address and a port number.


Regards,

Ron Young
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On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Tim Jowers <timjowers at gmail.com> wrote:

> There used to be a company right there in Raleigh who made hardware for
> that. And also had a nice GUI to manage it all. I went to a presentation
> they did in 2007 or so but can't remember their name. Basically, it looked
> like they had power strips where each plug could be managed through the
> network. Plus some more complexities had been addressed.
>
> Tim
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com
> >wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:03:39 -0400, Ron Young said:
> > > All,
> > >
> > > I have a CentOS 5.8 machine at home and a couple of other computers
> > > running windoze, ubuntu, etc.  I would like the ability to remotely
> > > power them off via the internet as I have no land-line phone.  I
> > > assume I could port forward to some device like a pdu using my
> > > router...I only want to power off the computers - the routers could
> > > stay running.
> > >
> > > The reason  -  when I am away for an extended period, my Nest
> > > thermostat saves me energy by letting the temp in the house go up to
> > > 80.  That would run my computers very hot in their little cabinet.
> > > So I would like to power them off when I leave and then remotely
> > > power them back up when I need them.  Of course when I am finished
> > > using them remotely I can shutdown / init 0 them.
> > >
> > > One other bit...I can power up the other machines from the first
> > > Centos box that my router forwards ssh to.   So if I could remotely
> > > WOL the linux box, I may be all set come to think about it.
> > >
> > > Any ideas and thoughts are appreciated.
> >
> > Properly configured Linux boxes can power themselves down when you shut
> > them down. Powering them down by turning off their electricity isn't
> > the kindest thing you can do to the filesystems.
> >
> > The trick is remotely turning them back on again.
> >
> > I'm wondering if you're better off remotely hybernating them and taking
> > them off hybernation. I'm pretty sure hybernation powers down the hard
> > disks, puts the CPUs in a very low power state, and at least on my
> > laptops, turns off all fans.
> >
> > SteveT
> >
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