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March 03, 2012, 09:32:12 PM |
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I've done quite a bit research on this for servers, namely how to build a cluster of cheap servers on the cheap. One option is to use Arduino with a Relay board and Ethernet Shield. That will give you maximum of around 40 relays, depending upon model of Arduino used etc. Parts can be sourced from: http://arduino-direct.com and eBay Some information: http://arduino-info.wikispaces.com/ArduinoPower#4-8As for finished product i ended up choosing IP Power 9258T and Avocent Direct PDU for initial setups for it's low buy-in price. For KVM i ended up choosing Belkin Omniview for larger setups and Aten CS1716i for smaller setups. For big setups Belkin Omniview works out somewhere around 30-40$ per node, depending upon do you get your gear from cheap or expensive place. Aten CS1716i is a few $ more expensive per node only, but the Belkin also provides saner setup by the means of using CAT5 cabling
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March 03, 2012, 09:51:15 PM |
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D&T, I was looking into purchasing 9 of these: http://pdusdirect.com/power-distribution-units/switched/pdu-cw-8h2-c20mIf you can save me $350 a pop, I would buy enough for my entire farm, and future farm. This is the last piece missing for me being able to leave town for an extended period of time. Best, gigavps
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PulsedMedia
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March 03, 2012, 10:17:00 PM |
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Arduino with relay board and ethernet shield works out to something like 275$ for around 40 ports. 160$ of which is relay boards, 8 of them. Tho requires a bit of work to get running, but ought to be rather easy after that. Not a perfect solution, but half way there.
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March 03, 2012, 10:19:39 PM |
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I've done quite a bit research on this for servers, namely how to build a cluster of cheap servers on the cheap. One option is to use Arduino with a Relay board and Ethernet Shield. That will give you maximum of around 40 relays, depending upon model of Arduino used etc. Parts can be sourced from: http://arduino-direct.com and eBay Some information: http://arduino-info.wikispaces.com/ArduinoPower#4-8As for finished product i ended up choosing IP Power 9258T and Avocent Direct PDU for initial setups for it's low buy-in price. For KVM i ended up choosing Belkin Omniview for larger setups and Aten CS1716i for smaller setups. For big setups Belkin Omniview works out somewhere around 30-40$ per node, depending upon do you get your gear from cheap or expensive place. Aten CS1716i is a few $ more expensive per node only, but the Belkin also provides saner setup by the means of using CAT5 cabling Back in July I built an arduino resetter that hooked to both reset and power. Had feedback to show when the computer was on/off. Temp monitoring for ambient and room temp. I wrote the GUI to interface with a control computer (yes, parallel port would probably have been easier but I had the arduino). Right after I got it done I never needed it again. I got my rigs to the stable point where they do not shut down unless the power is lost. I was going to do an instructable but I got busy with other things.
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Swishercutter
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March 03, 2012, 10:20:56 PM |
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Arduino with relay board and ethernet shield works out to something like 275$ for around 40 ports. 160$ of which is relay boards, 8 of them. Tho requires a bit of work to get running, but ought to be rather easy after that. Not a perfect solution, but half way there. If you use small fet's instead of relays you can cut that cost down. If you build your own boarduino you could probably get the cost down to less than $20.
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March 04, 2012, 12:31:57 AM |
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I'd be interested also. I'll be building my cluster off a windows network, so this would be great since power cycles don't cause as much issue in my experience with windows as opposed to linux.
Not starting a linux war, just saying for ME, this would work great. All my machines are hard wired on an ethernet network at my house and I'll have them running through a home server or some type of RDP soon.
If I could power cycle and restart remotely that would be great.
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March 04, 2012, 12:35:23 AM |
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I run into hard power cycle problems in Windows far, far more often than in Linux. I can't remember the last time Linux gave me any issues about a hard power cycle. Windows has certainly gotten better about it in recent years, but when something goes south, Windows usually requires a reinstall, whereas Linux requires a manual fsck and it's good to go.
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March 04, 2012, 01:25:09 AM |
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If someone does an cost-effective and easy solution for hard power cycling, i would not hesitate to spend several hundred euros immediately for just testing gear So if someone finishes that Arduino design and makes it easy to order complete units i would buy several immediately. Even if i have to solder the 230V (110V) power cables onto the relay board wouldn't really matter. Another thing i'm looking for is something which can switch from power source to another, say network power goes out, it changes to inverter operated from a bunch of car batteries kept charged by a cheap 40€ trickle charger.
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March 04, 2012, 02:55:50 AM Last edit: March 04, 2012, 03:14:01 AM by deepceleron |
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I have about a dozen surplus solid state relays like this one in 10A and 20A. They are used for industrial control, and are sized (and priced) more for controlling an entire circuit than just one machine, but the 10A ones would be appropriate for a 1000w rig. They are off by default and need 3-32V to turn them on, so a simple parallel interface would need to hold them high, or with a 12v power supply running them with pull-down resistors, you could design a circuit that turns them off with a momentary +12V signal input to ground. PS I have melted those little blue circuit board relays into goo before, they might say 10A, but they arc inside when they turn off, which a zero-cross solid state relay doesn't do.
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March 04, 2012, 03:25:53 AM |
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I have about a dozen surplus solid state relays like this one in 10A and 20A. They are used for industrial control, and are sized (and priced) more for controlling an entire circuit than just one machine, but the 10A ones would be appropriate for a 1000w rig. They are off by default and need 3-32V to turn them on, so a simple parallel interface would need to hold them high, or with a 12v power supply running them with pull-down resistors, you could design a circuit that turns them off with a momentary +12V signal input to ground. PS I have melted those little blue circuit board relays into goo before, they might say 10A, but they arc inside when they turn off, which a zero-cross solid state relay doesn't do. Heeeeeyyyyy..... those are expensive. You selling them?
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jjshabadoo
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March 04, 2012, 05:03:38 AM |
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Well windows 7 never gives me an issue with hard reset and I know it inside and out. I can't even f'in change software in linux, so for me, it's a no brainer.
Besides, when I sell off my stuff I Will be building all the gear into gaming rigs and a super badass rig for my home theater dream set-up.
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March 04, 2012, 06:51:29 AM |
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I would like to buy one of this, definitively... Sometimes, one or another mining rig just hangs... I know that cgminer is still "running" because I can access it trough its APT but, it is impossible to connect using ssh and restart my machine... But, sometimes, I can access and reboot the mining rig using SSH and Linux Sysrq subsystem: sudo -i echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger
This works more or like pushing the reset button of the case... Anyway, this does not works all the time, forcing me to do the regular local power cycle. It can be awsome if cgminer can run "echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger" trough its API... So, even if machine is "out of ssh access" but, cgminer is still running (and machine still answer ping requests), we can send a command to cgminer do the restart job... Best! Thiago
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March 04, 2012, 11:59:35 AM |
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Il be working on remote power cycling when i get my pi, got alove gpio
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March 05, 2012, 02:50:11 PM |
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March 05, 2012, 03:02:46 PM |
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Pretty cool. Each board has two 10 amp @ 240 VAC relays, and they are SPDT which means they don't have to be on all the time. Just turn the relays on for a few seconds when you want to kill the rig. The little ethernet board works directly with SNMP for you hardcore monitoring folks.
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March 05, 2012, 03:15:18 PM |
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Pretty cool. Each board has two 10 amp @ 240 VAC relays, and they are SPDT which means they don't have to be on all the time. Just turn the relays on for a few seconds when you want to kill the rig. The little ethernet board works directly with SNMP for you hardcore monitoring folks. Some models have 15A relays. Not that it matters that much, as usually you have 16A fuse for a regular 230-240V line and 2.3kW is already plenty for single rig. I bought a 16relay IP version for testing. Too cheap to pass up!
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March 05, 2012, 03:44:27 PM |
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Pretty cool. Each board has two 10 amp @ 240 VAC relays, and they are SPDT which means they don't have to be on all the time. Just turn the relays on for a few seconds when you want to kill the rig. The little ethernet board works directly with SNMP for you hardcore monitoring folks. Some models have 15A relays. Not that it matters that much, as usually you have 16A fuse for a regular 230-240V line and 2.3kW is already plenty for single rig. I bought a 16relay IP version for testing. Too cheap to pass up! BTW, are you actually a (the?) guy that works at pulsedmedia.com? Great seedboxes there.
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March 05, 2012, 03:59:52 PM |
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Pretty cool. Each board has two 10 amp @ 240 VAC relays, and they are SPDT which means they don't have to be on all the time. Just turn the relays on for a few seconds when you want to kill the rig. The little ethernet board works directly with SNMP for you hardcore monitoring folks. Some models have 15A relays. Not that it matters that much, as usually you have 16A fuse for a regular 230-240V line and 2.3kW is already plenty for single rig. I bought a 16relay IP version for testing. Too cheap to pass up! BTW, are you actually a (the?) guy that works at pulsedmedia.com? Great seedboxes there. Yeah, i am
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March 08, 2012, 01:17:22 AM |
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An update: Got my prototype working in windows. Device is detected by Windows and I can send signals to the board via console app. I don't have all the wiring I need to connect all 8 relays but I was able to remotely power cycle (and power off and power on) a single rig hooked to relay #0. Is it nerdy that I smiled after pressing enter on my laptop and seeing a rig power cycle? Hopefully the rest of wiring parts will be here by this weekend.
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