On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 09:20, Matt Pusateri wrote: > On Mon, May 23, 2005 7:48 pm, Jon Carnes said: > > Hola TriLUG-gers, > > > > I've got some remote equipment that locks up on occasion. Some really > > wonderful contractors built the cluster for me on the cheap using used > > computers (and I got what I paid for). > > > > I'm not terribly worried about each individual piece but it is a pain > > in > > the tuckus to run out and reboot one of the cluster when it locks. > > Thus > > the subject of this off-topic missive: Remote Reboot Power Strips. > > > > Anyone have some nice recommendations. I was looking at something like > > the Baytech Remote Power RS/232 Switch (~$250). Not as sexy as one > > that > > has built-in Ethernet - but definitely cheaper. Plus I have lots of > > nice > > robust Linux servers out at the same location with serial ports to > > spare... > > > > Any on-topic comments on this off-topic subject are welcome. Let *me* > > learn from *your* mistakes! > > > > Jon Carnes > > I haven't looked at the price difference between serial only and > ethernet versions, but haven't you (by your own admission) already > been burned by going down the cheap road? I'm not saying you should > invest in more than you need, but I find the cost difference over the > life of equiment is usually justified when buying exactly what you > want/need instead of settling. It's always more expensive to do it > right the second time :) > > > Matt
Ahhh, you would think so. But when you are a start-up a savings of $12k that can be corrected by a further $500 purchase...:-) Well, that makes sense to me. We went with Aaron's suggestion (that boy is just too dang smart!), bought a nice top of the line APC unit off ebay (never been opened) for just $250. Hope it's not stolen...;-) Jon -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
