No need to guess. APC's site has a calculator. Bryan
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Ulrich Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 1:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT: KVM over IP & RemoteReboot We bought a bunch of these units: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00009Q97F/qid=1104441133/sr=8 -2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl23/102-1506490-6107301?v=glance&s=electronics&n=5078 46 from Costco for $99. They've run 30+ minutes in a power outage without flinching. I'd be concerned hooking up 4-6 machines on one... wouldn't the draw be too much for it? And what kind of consistent heat would that generate on it? I'm also looking into a generator. Would love to be in that situation - looking at a new building with natural gas in the street that we could have "unlimited" power if needed. Anyone take a guess at, say, 60 Dell mid-towers, 300-400 watts, plus a half dozen heavy duty PowerEdge / Powervaults running at say 500 watts? ALSO, not to promote them, but I just bought 15 of them... Dell PowerEdges - 2.53 celeron, 512MB, 80GB, etc., $230 each (hence the need for KVMs). Yeah, celerons, whatever. A 2.53 celeron still kicks *** against what I was using 12 months ago.... Thanks At 03:46 PM 12/30/2004, you wrote: >I have 6 mini-towers on an 8-outlet remote power device, all on a $120 >Belkin UPS. Works a charm. > >Dan > >PS: The 15KW generator with the 1-week supply of Propane means the UPS need >only last 30-90 seconds. It does<g>. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Ulrich >Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 1:39 PM >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/ 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/
