Kelly Clowers put forth on 4/29/2010 12:07 PM: > Furthermore most almost all power outages here are very brief, > and I end up not having to shutdown at all, which is just pure > convenience. For me, my Back-UPS XS 1000 was one of my > best computer-related purchases.
I've got an old APC RM1400NET in the bottom of my home rack backing just one server at the moment, a rarely used CRT, and my comms gear. I get about an hour out of it during a total outage. I bought it used from a local "off lease equipment" reseller/liquidator. Gave just over $100 USD for it. The battery pack lasted 6 months. Bought a replacement pack from batteries.com for a little over $100 with shipping. I've got over 4 years on the current battery pack. Average lifespan on the 1400 pack is 5-7 years depending on the number and duration of inverter cycles. As with you, this is one of the smartest hardware purchases I ever made. The electronics and electrical parts in UPSes very rarely fail, so as long as you replace batteries every 5 years or so you'd got reliable power backup, and cheap--$20 per year basically for batteries. This level of power (and piece of mind) protection costs less per year than one trip to the movie theater to see Avatar. I've got an equally old MinuteMan 650 floor model backing my home workstation. Again I purchased this one used from a liquidator (different one in this case) for around $40 back in 1998. I've replaced the battery once after 6 years and am about ready to replace it again. The battery for this one runs around $40. Today you can buy a 700kva class consumer UPS for $100. If the battery lasts you 5 years, you've paid $20/year for power/surge and data protection. Not to mention convenience. I can't imagine ever going without a UPS, whether server or workstation. Laptops are great because, for all practical purposes, you get a free UPS built in. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bd9ce86.90...@hardwarefreak.com