[LinuxFailSafe] Integrating Power control equipment

[Lars Marowsky-Bree]

On 2002-04-19T17:22:58,
   Esger Abbink <failsafe@bumblebeast.com> said:

> Apart from the obvious problem of the CPM-6400 failing, would this
> actually have any chance of working? I know part of this question is if
> the hardware could cope (if anyone has any experience with them please
> advice, i havent). Equally important though is whether
> Failsafe/heartbeat would be able to use such a setup effectively.

FailSafe, or rather the heartbeat-stonith library, will talk to the NPS-230
via TCP/IP directly; it doesn't require the serial concentrator. Just make
sure that they can reach the NPS-230 via TCP/IP - perhaps on the internal
heartbeat/control network - and all will be fine.

> PS. i'm not stuck to WTI, so if anyone knows other hardware to solve
> this i'm all ears ;)

There is the APC MasterSwitch, but I didn't particularly like it. Awful
configuration interface, just one input circuit for 8 outlets, and tries to do
everything from talking SNMP to sending pages. The WTI NPS strikes me as a
much more robust choice.


Sincerely,
    Lars Marowsky-Brée <lmb@suse.de>

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