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Re: PDU recommendations

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew D Kirch)
Sun Jun 23 11:51:55 2013

Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 11:51:29 -0400
From: Andrew D Kirch <trelane@trelane.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <CAH_OBifqcpRMoHU6t+fCSUAX6ikUq48O-tUdJJz+Fz1AhmUqmg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 6/23/2013 11:37 AM, shawn wilson wrote:
> We currently use Triplite stuff but they've got an issue where after a few
> minutes, they stop accepting new tcp connections. We're adding a new 30A
> circuit and I'm thinking of going with APC (ran them in the past and never
> had any issues). However, I figured I'd see if there was a better brand /
> specific model recommendations for quality or bang / buck?
>
> Specs: 30A 24+ port 0U, managed (with ssh), lcd use display.

Shawn,

I'd go with APC it's quite monitorable and most NMS packages including 
Zenoss (where I work) have extensions to monitor it. There's a half 
dozen open source ZenPacks for APC including UPS's and PDU's.

Andrew


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