I am wondering what my Pentium II 300 server system with the monitor off most of the time is drawing power wise? I'm thinking 190 watts is probably the max because I googled and that is apparently what a K6-2 300 system draws. What is the best way for this Linux based computer to post it's average power consumption via an Apache based web site? This system has two Compaq 4G MA4039LP scsi drives, an Adaptec 2940U2W, a scsi cdrom that is almost never used, a Thunderlan dual nic, an Intel ISA PCMCIA card, and an ATI Rage 128 RF/SG AGP video card. Don't know how much power the memory consumes, but I have 2 128 meg PC66 DIMMs. I also have a cheap USB Logitech color Quickcam. A cheap PS/2 mouse and keyboard are plugged in, but they are almost never used.
Is there a hardware product that I can plug in between the wall and the power strip that feeds this computer which will report the power consumption to Linux via a USB or ethernet port? The only thing that readily comes to mind is getting an APC Smart UPS. I have one that doesn't work right, don't know why. I would like a cheap amp meter that I can plug in inline between any 15/20 amp AC device and a wall outlet. Obviously, it would be nice if this amp meter has Linux compatible output capabilities. Actually, it would be nice if I could meter the circuit that this server is on in isolation. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
