Bug#524394: ITP: wakeupmanager -- System to boot and shutdown hosts on demand

[Maximilian Wilhelm <max@rfc2324.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Maximilian Wilhelm <max@rfc2324.org>


* Package name    : wakeupmanager
  Version         : 0.9.4
  Upstream Author : Maximilian Wilhelm <max@rfc2324.org>
* URL             : http://wum.rfc2324.org / https://rfc2324.org/redmine/projects/show/wum
* License         : GPL
  Programming Lang: Perl
  Description     : System to boot and shutdown hosts on demand


The WakeUpManager - or in short wum - is an Open Source software project aimed
to boot and shutdown hosts on demand to reduce power consumption and the amount
of money spent for energy.

Considering a daily working time of 8 hours and 220 workdays a year
(~ 365 days - weekends - holidays) there is a theoretical saving of around 80%
compared to machines running 24/7 like many PCs in universities and companies do.
Realisticaly (standby energy usage, maintainance hours, ...) 50% to 60%
energy-saving should be achieveable.

Wum can boot hosts based on a user defined timetable or on demand if a user wants
to access his/her computer remotely or outside the defined (up)times.
The Wake-on-LAN technology is used to boot hosts over the network.