ATEN 16A 16 Outlet Switched + Metered PDU + Free Eco PDU Manager Software

Product Overview

AI-generated summary

If you’ve got real power-hungry gear in a rack and you want proper visibility and control per outlet, this ATEN metered switched PDU is the sensible kind of “grown-up” upgrade. The switched outlets are genuinely useful in day-to-day admin (remote rebooting, isolating a misbehaving device, scheduling power where your environment supports it), and the metering helps you spot hotspots and consumption creep before you end up chasing failed hardware or overloaded circuits. At ~£913 ex-VAT, it’s not the cheapest option, but it’s in the zone where you’re paying for reliability, sane management, and reducing downtime risk—which is often cheaper than the admin time and incident response it prevents.

Who should buy: businesses with 1U/2U server stacks, lab/VDI nodes, network closets, or anything mixed where devices aren’t perfectly uniform and you need both monitoring and the ability to act. If you’re already paying for managed infrastructure and have staff who will actually use the controls, this is good value. Who shouldn’t: teams that only need “basic power distribution” or don’t care about per-outlet monitoring—if that’s you, you’ll be paying for features that won’t change outcomes. Also, be mindful of your rollout expectations: if you don’t have a process for using outlet switching responsibly (and you’re not comfortable with remote power control), a cheaper non-switched unit can be the more rational buy.