[CentOS] Monitoring power consumption
Hi all, I would like to monitor the power consumption of my server. What I am looking for is: * a simple monitoring device that would measure the power consumption of 1 server * a way to get the consumption reading from that device to my centos server (via usb / wlan / whatever works) Any suggestions? Best, Peter ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitoring power consumption
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Peter Peltonen peter.pelto...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I would like to monitor the power consumption of my server. What I am looking for is: * a simple monitoring device that would measure the power consumption of 1 server * a way to get the consumption reading from that device to my centos server (via usb / wlan / whatever works) Any suggestions? Does your server support IPMI (iLO, BMC, ...)? IPMI's quite easy and useful. HTH Rafa ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitoring power consumption
Peter, I have never done it directly of a servers PSU, however I am sure it can be done via SNMP or on a lower level via a management interface(iLO, B/RSA, etc..). However I have done it from a good APC PDU that had SNMP monitoring for all kinds of power aspects. Hope that helps. Aly --Original Message-- From: Peter Peltonen Sender: centos-boun...@centos.org To: CentOS mailing list ReplyTo: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] Monitoring power consumption Sent: Apr 13, 2011 10:16 AM Hi all, I would like to monitor the power consumption of my server. What I am looking for is: * a simple monitoring device that would measure the power consumption of 1 server * a way to get the consumption reading from that device to my centos server (via usb / wlan / whatever works) Any suggestions? Best, Peter ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitoring power consumption
Hi, On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 5:26 PM, aly.khi...@gmail.com wrote: I have never done it directly of a servers PSU, however I am sure it can be done via SNMP or on a lower level via a management interface(iLO, B/RSA, etc..). However I have done it from a good APC PDU that had SNMP monitoring for all kinds of power aspects. I am also looking for a way to measure other devices than computers and I want to collect this information to the centos server. But I guess it doesn't matter what kind of device I connect to the PDU, it still can measure its power consumption and report it somehow? Can you recommend any cheap model? I was aware of these PDU's existing, but I haven't really considered them as they probably are quite expensive as they do also many other things (monitor the load of the server etc)... Best, Peter ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitoring power consumption
I would like to monitor the power consumption of my server. What I am looking for is: How about an external device? I own one of those killawatt devices. You can program in your local power cost, and it displays how much it actually costs to run the server. (along with lots of other info) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitoring power consumption
Hi, On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 6:11 PM, compdoc comp...@hotrodpc.com wrote: How about an external device? I own one of those killawatt devices. You can program in your local power cost, and it displays how much it actually costs to run the server. (along with lots of other info) An external device would be fine if I could somehow transfer the information to my centos server where I want to remotely access / process this information. Best, Peter ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitoring power consumption
I'm not aware of an IPMI command that shows current power consumption. Kai ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitoring power consumption
On Wed, 13 Apr 2011, Kai Schaetzl wrote: I'm not aware of an IPMI command that shows current power consumption. That entirely depends on the system as far as I'm aware. Dell R610 will give you this information from ipmitool sdr: Current 1| 0.28 Amps | ok Current 2| 0.28 Amps | ok Voltage 1| 240 Volts | ok Voltage 2| 238 Volts | ok System Level | 126 Watts | ok So that's per-PSU volts and amps, and a combined power figure. Not quite as nice as what you can get out of the dell specific tools, as it'll then return you peaks and total power consumption since a point in time. jh ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitoring power consumption
Peter, The ones I used were from APC and are under the product line of Metered Rack PDU, u can find them on the apc website. Here are a few product numbers from that line(APC7800,801,802) they all have web, snmp (u can graph with MRTG, or whatever), Telnet access, etc.. they start at about 300USD from what I've seen. HTH Aly --Original Message-- From: Peter Peltonen Sender: centos-boun...@centos.org To: CentOS mailing list ReplyTo: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Monitoring power consumption Sent: Apr 13, 2011 10:36 AM Hi, On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 5:26 PM, aly.khi...@gmail.com wrote: I have never done it directly of a servers PSU, however I am sure it can be done via SNMP or on a lower level via a management interface(iLO, B/RSA, etc..). However I have done it from a good APC PDU that had SNMP monitoring for all kinds of power aspects. I am also looking for a way to measure other devices than computers and I want to collect this information to the centos server. But I guess it doesn't matter what kind of device I connect to the PDU, it still can measure its power consumption and report it somehow? Can you recommend any cheap model? I was aware of these PDU's existing, but I haven't really considered them as they probably are quite expensive as they do also many other things (monitor the load of the server etc)... Best, Peter ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitoring power consumption
On Wed, 13 Apr 2011, Peter Peltonen wrote: Hi, On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 6:11 PM, compdoc comp...@hotrodpc.com wrote: How about an external device? I own one of those killawatt devices. You can program in your local power cost, and it displays how much it actually costs to run the server. (along with lots of other info) An external device would be fine if I could somehow transfer the information to my centos server where I want to remotely access / process this information. Since killawatt was brought up, how about http://www.ladyada.net/make/tweetawatt/ Regards, Regards, -- Tom Diehl tdi...@rogueind.com Spamtrap address mtd...@rogueind.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitoring power consumption
John Hodrien wrote on Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:37:16 +0100 (BST): System Level | 126 Watts | ok Ah, thanks. My systems don't show that :-) Kai ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitoring power consumption
On Wed, 13 Apr 2011, Kai Schaetzl wrote: John Hodrien wrote on Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:37:16 +0100 (BST): System Level | 126 Watts | ok Ah, thanks. My systems don't show that :-) Yep, it's entirely system dependent. And on a current Dell, I believe you don't get these stats unless you spec redundant PSUs. jh ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
