Improved Power Management
This is a meta blueprint, covering several power management related topics, both for Ubuntu server and desktop.
- desktop focused:
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- Server focused:
Powercap might be part of the solution: https:/
The upcoming Network UPS Tools release 2.4 will add several new features and improvement that will help in data centers / clouds and green computing.
Example features are the PDU (Power Distribution Units) support, communication link redundancy, per outlet management and possibly a configuration script (a bit like ufw)
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Rick Clark
- Priority:
- Undefined
- Drafter:
- Arnaud Quette
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Arnaud Quette
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Proposed for jaunty
- Implementation:
-
Implemented
- Milestone target:
-
ubuntu-9.04
- Started by
- Arnaud Quette
- Completed by
- Arnaud Quette
Whiteboard
This blueprint (for Jaunty) is now completed.
The points that have not been addressed are part of a new one for Karmic Koala:
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* Powerman - PDU support (http://
- Debian ITP (done)
- Debian package upload (done, approval underway)
- Ubuntu sync (https:/
* pwrkap - Power Capping
- Debian ITP (done)
- Debian package upload (done, approval underway)
- Ubuntu sync (https:/
* Network UPS Tools - NUT:
- DeviceKit-power integration (postponed)
- dummy-ups repeater mode (communication link redundancy and forwarding) (done, 2.4.1)
- base PDU support (~6 SNMP units) (done, 2.4.1)
- extended PDU support, through libpowerman (~ 20 models supported) (done, 2.4.1)
- configuration improvements: provide some library / backend to develop a config wizard (python and/or debconf). configuration is definitely NUT's weakest point, apart from the HAL/DK-p backends! (postponed for 2.6 ; work started on Augeas lens, Python class / application)
- sub devices (present UPS' outlets as devices, to allow per outlet subscription and management) (work underway in the trunk ; postponed to a later release)
- virtual devices (composite devices, made of several UPSs (parallel, serial or sequential redundancy modes) and/or PDUs) (postponed)
- Debian package upload (2.4.1-2 done)
- Feature Freeze Exception requested for 2.4.1-2
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