Reporting APC PDU power usage
I have a client looking to monitor their colo rack power usage and have a monthly report showing consumed power.
Ultimately, they want to be sure they are being billed fairly by their hosting da...
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On 8/26/2020 at 8:53 AM, Stuart Weenig said:You'd need to know the RMS Voltage along with the Amps as well as the power factor (assuming AC). If those metrics are available via SNMP from the PDU, this should be doable.
i've found that newer APC PDUs have a datasource for live power usage
I am able to report on that with live data and see the graph for past usage
the next hurdle is to find a way to sum the usage for a given time period
I dont see a clear way to do that using any of the available dashboard widgets.
Is this even possible?
the only possible solution Ive come up with is to assume power consumption will remain close to the same, then multiply the KW usage by a set integer representing hours of month to estimate monthly KW hours consumed.
But this is a horrendously inaccurate representation for power usage over time.
Any suggestions?
