[Gllug] power usage utility?

[John Edwards]

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 12:32:33PM +0000, Oliver Howe wrote:
> Is there a way of  finding out how much electricity a server is using
> without having to power it down and plug in a ampmeter?
> 
> I need to know how much power each server is using in order to make some
> cost savings at our data centre,
> but obviously it would cause some problems if I have to power them down and
> up again.

In addition to other suggestions, some of the more expensive UPS
and distribution boards have voltage/current/power meters for
each socket.


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