Chris, It may look cheesy in the picture, but I have been quite happy with this little device called the Power Stone. There is more info available on it at http://www.deltronix.com/public/rps.htm . We actually use this device to remotely reboot our router, in the event that it gets "hung". The nice part about it is, it works off of a phone line, vs. an IP connection. This is pretty much essential when you are trying to reboot a remote router. Of course it necessitates leasing an extra phone line (although you can always buy one of those data/fax/phone switches instead), but I'd rather spend an extra few bucks each month for an extra phone line than have to drive down to the NOC every time we had a router or electricity problem. Besides the headache of driving across town, it gets our router back up a lot faster.
These units are really incredibly well built, and will handle up to 15A, which should work for multiple servers. I have never had one fail on me. The price is certainly right, as well. You can signal the outlet by phone to turn off, turn on, reboot, monitor, etc. It takes a little while to get it programmed, but it is duck soup after that. I have been really happy with their product. William Van Hefner Network Administrator Vantek Communications, Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Ulrich > Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 10:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [IMail Forum] OT: KVM over IP & RemoteReboot > > > Sorry to go OT here, but with so many other hosts/ISPs you > guys probably > know this better than anyone and have dealt with it already.... > > We're adding about a dozen machines and want to start using > KVM/IP and > equip these guys with remote reboot capabilities. > > I've seen KVM/IP boxes - eBay and everywhere else. What I'm > not clear on > is the module (there must be one) that attaches > to each server so the cat5 can connect. What do those go > for? Do they > make the whole proposition too expensive? Any good values > out there? Don't need "top quality" - most of the boxes just > run in the dark. But > when we need to access, we want to access and don't want the > boxes to "not boot" because there is no KVM attached to the > connectors. > > Second, we've about given up on a reasonably priced reboot > solution. Yes, > APC has managed powerswitches, but for us, we UPS each > machine so "pulling the plug" on one outlet (how the > powerswitches reboot a > machine) is pointless because the UPS between the powerstrip > and the PC > keep it up. > I guess we could do one UPS followed by the powerstrip > followed by the > servers, but what kind of UPS would you need to keep 8 > mini-tower Dell > Poweredges > (300 or 400w PS) up and running? Again, does that go over > the top in cost? > > Doesn't anyone make a PCI card with a network connection > where you can send > a "magic packet" and tell that PCI card to do a hard reboot of the PC? > > Thanks in advance > > Chris > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
