Measuring power
Andrew Beattie
andrew at tug.com
Wed Apr 29 09:42:55 BST 2009
This is a long way off topic but I'm hoping that someone here might be
able to share a clue...
I need to measure the power used on dozens and dozens of servers.
I need a breakdown by server, not a total for the room.
(more specifically, I want to calculate the power cost per server per year).
Added difficulty: I want to do this non-intrusively.
I can't go round, yanking out cables and inserting in-line meters.
So, I got a clamp meter. But contrary to my expectation, that only
works if I can separate the individual wires in the power cable - not an
option.
So, I'm stuck. Is there any non-intrusive way to measure the power
consumption of my servers?
Andrew
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