[asterisk-users] *OT* DLI Ethernet Power Controller $289 (I paid $200 for a two port "webswitch")

[Matt Watson]

On June 15, 2008 12:45:07 pm Steve Totaro wrote:
> If a PDU is just a power strip then this has many more bells and
> whistles.  My usage is being able to control power to those outlets to
> reboot or turn on/off equipment if it is hung or whatever other
> reason.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve T
>

Yep, a PDU is really just a broad term for anything that takes power input and 
distributes it to many devices - so yes a power strip/bar would be classified 
as a PDU...technically.  However I'd probably expect to get laughed at if I 
called a power bar a PDU!

There are pretty big differences between the $5 power bar you can buy at 
walmart and stuff that people typically put into server cabinets.

technically this device specifically would be a "Switched PDU" the switched 
part meaning it has the ability to turn on/off individual ports.  The 
interface to turning those ports on/off however is irrelavent to its device 
classification.... it could be a web interface like this device, a telnet/ssh 
interface, it might not even have any remote capability and just have 
physically switches for each port.

-- 
Matt Watson
http://www.mattgwatson.ca