The fact that you UPS each server is killing you ;) We just picked up a dozen APC7390's, which is a very nice zero U, 24 port remote reboot switch. It is not really available after market, but the cost per port is comparable to buying used 8 port APCs.
-Jay -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Ulrich Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 3:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT: KVM over IP & RemoteReboot It would but at $275 per unit it gets expensive. We're adding 18 boxes but want to put it on about 50.... At 02:06 PM 12/30/2004, you wrote: >Wouldn't something like this work for you. > >http://www.dataprobe.com/power/iboot.html > >Tim > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Ulrich >Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 12:39 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/
