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vk985

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Quote from: the_electronrancher on January 12, 2018, 08:34:32 PM

I bought some used sentinel pdu from eBay, they have a remote interface and I can cycle each plug and monitor it's power usage.

Never needed it, but it's nice to have the ability to power cycle remotely.

Ask your host for a vlan for your miners and pdu. Restrict it's incoming connections to your home IP only - I would not put either my miners or my pdu up against the open internet.

Thanks for the advice, will do. Do you have the model number of that PDU by any chance?

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I bought some used sentinel pdu from eBay, they have a remote interface and I can cycle each plug and monitor it's power usage.

Never needed it, but it's nice to have the ability to power cycle remotely.

Ask your host for a vlan for your miners and pdu. Restrict it's incoming connections to your home IP only - I would not put either my miners or my pdu up against the open internet.

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Quote from: vk985 on January 12, 2018, 06:22:09 PM

Quote from: fanatic26 on January 12, 2018, 12:18:17 PM

You said you would be hosting in a data center. If that is the case they should have switch mode PDU's that allow for remote power cycling. I dont know of any crypto DC that would let you put your own power control in like that.

Are these PDUs able to reset individual S9s? I would not want to reset all 20 of my Antminers for just 1 of them. Wouldn't I lose money that way since the hashing would be interrupted?

You can purchase PDUs with switched individual outlets. They have a web interface which you can log in to and control the outlets. Most hosting facilities usually provide some sort of service for a fee or a certain amount of time built in to your contract where someone on staff will do small tasks for you.

vk985

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Quote from: fanatic26 on January 12, 2018, 12:18:17 PM

You said you would be hosting in a data center. If that is the case they should have switch mode PDU's that allow for remote power cycling. I dont know of any crypto DC that would let you put your own power control in like that.

Are these PDUs able to reset individual S9s? I would not want to reset all 20 of my Antminers for just 1 of them. Wouldn't I lose money that way since the hashing would be interrupted?

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You said you would be hosting in a data center. If that is the case they should have switch mode PDU's that allow for remote power cycling. I dont know of any crypto DC that would let you put your own power control in like that.

vk985

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Quote from: fanatic26 on December 20, 2017, 01:35:18 PM

I manage a large number of s9s and for the most part you do not need to be there. In rare instances the miners will freeze or need a physical power cycle but that is pretty rare.

I was wondering if I could set up a wifi power outlet unto each antminer so I can remotely restart the power on it if I have to. I'm including a link. What do you guys think? Is it possible to set up my firewall to control this?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0786L8TC1/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1515769068&sr=8-2-spons&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=wifi+power+outlet&psc=1

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Quote from: vk985 on December 20, 2017, 03:02:47 PM

How rare?

I have units with 80-90 day uptimes witout being touched.

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I leave mine alone for days at a time, but I only have 10 at the moment. I'll be getting another 11 next month. I'm using Awesome Miner to keep track and control. With a vpn service either through your router or 3rd party you can control thousands of machines ASCIC and gpu through Awesome miner. I love it.

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Quote from: vk985 on December 20, 2017, 03:02:47 PM

How rare?

If you leave them running at the same pool, very very rare. Every now and then after a pool switch, I can get an occasional "glitch" where the miner doesn't totally reset and instead is just blowing out "COLD" air. Only happened once. All others I was manually able to get back in to the miner via remote and "reset" it.

vk985

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How rare?

fanatic26

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I manage a large number of s9s and for the most part you do not need to be there. In rare instances the miners will freeze or need a physical power cycle but that is pretty rare.

vk985

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So I found a Data Center that is willing to house my January Batch S9's. They have proper temperature conditions and great security for these machines. The only problem is that this Data Center is about a 6 hour drive for me. I have yet to start mining, and I wanted to know if I need to be physically present often in order to maintain these machines(resetting them,etc.). I would like to just drive there once for the setup and not come back too often. Is this possible with the natures of mining with the S9's? I would appreciate feedback from someone who owns these. Thanks.

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