[CentOS] OT: Measure 2U Server Amp Usage

Ted Miller tmiller at broadcast.net
Thu Aug 3 23:44:49 UTC 2006


> Running a bunch of CentOS servers on 2U supermicro equipment, usually with
> 8 drives on Adaptec SmartRAID V or LSI Megaraid.
> 
> In designing a rack in a data center, the question arises as to how to
> measure the amperage the server uses, prior to investing in power drops
> that actually do that for you, even remotely, for about $260.00-300USD per
> unit.  This number is the important one these days in determining
> rack/datacenter design.
> 
> So the geek question is, "what do you use, from radio shack, or elsewhere,
> to accomplish this one time measurement *before* you implement a design"?

Easy.  Get any modern UPS that will talk to your OS (or the OS on another
nearby computer), plug in a server, and look at the UPS display.  All the
UPSs I have used lately will tell you what the load they are providing is,
either is watts or in amps.

Ted Miller
Elkhart, IN
Centos NewNewbie



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