What? The internet works fine during an outage, that's the reason for the UPS (assuming VOI has enough battery capacity at their end).
On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Aemilianus Kehler <[email protected]>wrote: > One thing I don't get, is what's the point of having a UPS on the main > router and wifi if the Internet doesn't work during an outag > > Cheers!! > > On Oct 14, 2013, at 3:00 AM, Colin Stanners <[email protected]> wrote: > > Updates: > > I installed new batteries (Thanks Alex, Sean, Ron for the $ for those) so > now all working UPSes have new or recent batteries. We have a total of > 4600VA of UPS capacity; ~2500W usable. > > Our servers run ~1300W so that gives us at least 5 minutes of backup time > (tested tonight). I heard the "batteries are dying" constant beep from one > or two UPSes early so those need to be recalibrated for their new > batteries' longer runtime. After that and organizing the load I hope to > have 7-10 minutes runtime for the servers; I believe we have ~30min runtime > for the main wifi and internet connection necessities. > > Of concern is we're on a standard 1800W electrical circuit - if we get any > more servers we'll need to ask an electrician to install more outlets at > the panel (including a higher-amperage L5-30 if we get the Pulsar working). > Also next summer we'll need to look at getting an openable window due to > heat. > > Todo: testing/activating the Pulsar 3200 and configuring USB/serial > monitoring. > > > > > On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Colin Stanners <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I'd like to use a linux box with a few USB ports (or just one, I can put >> a hub) and possibly a serial port to setup monitoring for all the Sksp >> UPSes. If someone has time to do that and report the data to a web >> interface please let me know. >> >> APC Back-UPS ES 500 (recent batteries, powers radios and routers) >> APC Smart-UPS 1500 (batteries look good, 08/11) >> APC Back-UPS XS 1000 (may need new batteries) >> APC Back-UPS XS 1000 (Sean just put in new batteries) >> APC Smart-UPS 600 (bats seem dead, need to move Mak's server and bitcoin >> miner off it) >> MGE Pulsar EX 3200RT (reports error so not currently used, I haven't had >> time to troubleshoot) >> >> > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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