On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 11:16, Brian V Bonini wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 13:31, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 06:18, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 09:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I'm looking for recommendations to present to management for > > > > reliable and relatively inexpensive UPSs for a single Linux server. > > > > > > > > > > Reliable and inexpensive are somewhat relative.. ;-) > > > > > > I use the APC Back-UPS pro series here with apcupsd and have been happy > > > with its performance.. > > > > > > You really need to evaluate the power requirements of the box, how much > > > battery run time you need, etc... > > > > Note for the above comment... If money is a consideration. Don't put > > your monitor on UPS. You'll last longer during an outage with a smaller > > ups. > > > > But to the original question. I've had great luck with ACP myself. > > current one is 4 years old and it survived the California Blackouts > > without losing any data. > > > > > BTW: The APC site will let you plug in some generic info, processor > type/speed, monitor size, etc.. and make recommendations and provide > battery run times for various models based on your power needs. > > I'm running an pro 1100 serial and have 2 printers a 21" monitor, > computer, cable modem, router, printserver and zip drive running off it. > It will run the computer, monitor, and router/modem for about 30 minutes > but I've got apcupsd set up to just shut the system down after like 10 > minutes of no power.
question here. > Is there anyone here capable of writing up how they got apcupsd working (hookups as in wiring/ configs etc.) so we could add this to the twiki? I know I for one had lousy luck (but that may be because this box is running a 7.2 firewall on an older AMD k-6) The howto at tldp.org is a bit long in the tooth and definitely not MDK specific (actually most of them tend to be RH or Debian based.) Calling all Volunteers! *grin*
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