On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 08:46:14AM -0600, Stuart Jansen wrote: > A hardware watchdog would give you the ability to accomplish this. > However, you probably want something that gives you total control. I > only have experience with Lights-out cards. There's a couple annoying > things about them, but they're quite useful.
I second that. IPMI is great and really inexpensive (included on lots of servers, adds ~$50 on some) when the machine isn't in place already. Unfortunately (as with the WTI and others) you'll need access to another machine close by. I've never gotten DMI (UDP port 623) to work over the Internet. The WTI switches are great, and the APC PDU is good too. The APC doesn't require another machine (It's got a web interface), but It always makes me nervous that I'm going to power off the wrong box. FWIW, Barry .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `==================================='
