A Lightweight Network-Controlled Power Strip for Low-Cost Cluster Systems
Henry-Norbert Cocos, Christian Baun · RonPub -- Research Online Publishing (RonPub UG) · 2018
Low-cost clusters are not equipped with costly, sophisticated tools and cannot be controlled remotely. This work aims at addressing this issue and develops a lightweight network-controlled power strip, which enables administrators to monitor the cluster and perform operation via remote. The power strip is controlled via a web interface and a RESTful web service, which are implemented with the programming language Python and the web framework Flask. The solution is inexpensive and easy to implement and use. In this paper, we describe in detail the development and construction of the prototype of the solution and discuss its purchase cost and power consumption.