I used to only deploy with remote controlled power strips, at one point I was dealing with 10 racks in a colo. However, my "new" setup (a decade old now) had o

I used to only deploy with remote controlled power strips, at one point I was dealing with 10 racks in a colo. However, my "new" setup (a decade old now) had one of the APC power strips fail and I replaced them with dumb units without Ethernet or controls, because I hadn't used the remote power feature of the strips. The equipment is all Dell with Enterprise DRAC, which is 90+% of my remote power needs. The only times I've needed to physically unplug them I also needed the power button on the machine held down for 30 seconds as part of what Dell calls the "FLEA drain" process, so remote power strips wouldn't help.