Power Analysis/Management Tools
David B. Peterson
dpeterson at sixapart.com
Mon Oct 26 21:12:39 UTC 2009
I do the same, but with ganglia. I've noticed that different APCs
report power differently (after comparing APC output to BCMS output.)
Our newer servers also report power consumption via IPMI: /usr/bin/
ipmitool sdr type "Current". We also graph that via ganglia.
-Dave
On Oct 26, 2009, at 1:58 PM, Brandon Galbraith wrote:
> Not to go too off-topic, but if there is a more preferred location
> for me to
> ask, please let me know. I'm looking for recommendations on open
> source
> packages that people are using for monitoring power utilization of
> their
> network/server gear.
>
> We're using Cacti currently, pulling the data from APCs via SNMP,
> and I
> wanted to check if someone had come across a better method before I
> reinvented the wheel.
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