PDU - inexpensive ones ?
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There's a lot of good ones around, but since you want network monitoring and individual power, they are all expensive if you buy new ($400-500 to start).
I've been investigating some for work, and have been shocked to find that you can get perfectly functional used ones from eBay below $200. I'm not saying this is the best unit ever, but Tripp Lite is reasonable gear, and you can't go wrong for $120. If you are looking for 20A or 3-phase, those can be had for even better deals compared to new.
I've been investigating some for work, and have been shocked to find that you can get perfectly functional used ones from eBay below $200. I'm not saying this is the best unit ever, but Tripp Lite is reasonable gear, and you can't go wrong for $120. If you are looking for 20A or 3-phase, those can be had for even better deals compared to new.
Yeah as @nabsltd used is the way to go- bonus if you look locally. I see people trying to sell APC PDUs all the time locally at wildly different price ranges. Sometimes sub $50 per PDU. Just have to look.
You should mention what kind of input/output you are looking for. For example there are hardy any PDUs that meet your criteria rated at 15A.
You should mention what kind of input/output you are looking for. For example there are hardy any PDUs that meet your criteria rated at 15A.
You can get Raritan PX3 PDUs on Ebay from $100 ~ $300, all it takes is patience. The raritan PDUs are some of the finest - modern API and UI, firmware that is updated regularly and the latest firmware has a Prometheus compatible HTTP endpoint, makes it trivial to graph metrics
I got a PX3-5147 for $150 and a PX3-5407 for $300
Keep watching eBay and the Great Deals thread ...
I got a PX3-5147 for $150 and a PX3-5407 for $300
Keep watching eBay and the Great Deals thread ...
I purchased an identical model for $70 but had to shell out extra for a modern network card (WEBCARDLX AC8ACD). The older network card is pretty useless - telnet only, the newer one can use a HTML5 UI instead of a Java based one but it did cost $75. All in all, prefer the Raritans
These Raritans looks indeed tempting but to hunt one in 230V flavor i'm interested in seems to be difficult.
IEC60320 C13 inlets preferably at rear side of PDU to avoid cable or additional brush panel to route them nicely to the back of rack. But that's not mandatory.
True. 230V input
IEC60320 C13 inlets preferably at rear side of PDU to avoid cable or additional brush panel to route them nicely to the back of rack. But that's not mandatory.
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The former. I even posted about it here, purchased three from the seller. All three turned out to be working just fine.
Are you looking for single phase 230v ? or 3 phase? 2 wire? 3 wire?
Any WEBCARDLX or WEBCARDLXE (the newer version) will support PowerAlert Device Manager (PADM) v20+. Avoid the ones that say "SNMP WebCard"
I found one on eBay for $89: Tripp-Lite 66116B-B WEBCARDLX Network Card w/o Faceplate | eBay.
You should verify with the seller for actual pics and look at the specific model numbers from TrippLite at Model Number WEBCARDLX | Eaton
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