Power Analysis/Management Tools

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.