[ale] Running a hands off remote Linux installation

[Matthew]

a PDU with power rebooter is what you need.

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Erik Mathis <erik at mathists.com> wrote:

> You need something like this.
> http://www.rackmountsolutions.net/Infra-Power-Switched-Rack-PDU.php
>
> Stay away from the Triplite ones. APC has really good ones, but costs
> boat loads of money.
>
> I've never used the one pasted above, but I was already on that
> website loking for something else. What ever you get, you will want a
> SWITCHED strip verse a metered or monitored. The former only allows
> you to login and see how the power is being used. Switched allows you
> to turn on/off each port.
>
> Of course, your network gear needs to come online be for you do this.
>
> hth!
>
> -Erik-
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Jim Lynch
> <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com> wrote:
> > I want to set up a hands off system at a remote location.  I'll put a
> > large UPS to keep it running through short power outages but I'm
> > concerned about longer outages.  While I obviously want it to be
> > available most of the time, if the power goes out for hours, it won't be
> > available and I can live with that.  I can sense the failure and do an
> > orderly shutdown before the UPS batteries go completely flat.
> >
> > However I'm stumped on how to get the system to turn itself back on
> > after the power comes back.  I know I can set the bios to boot on power
> > up automatically but that would require the computer to power off
> > externally I would guess and that's not an orderly shutdown besides with
> > the UPS in line, I don't really have a way to sense when the mains
> > actually come back.
> >
> > I've thought about putting a small controller, like a Arduino, somewhere
> > with a relay to momentarily key the switch leads in the computer when I
> > sense all is back to normal, but I'm thinking there might be a better
> way.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jim.
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