one advantage to working a little way from home... Power loss at work does not always mean powerloss at home(and vice versa) This winter we lost power for a day in one storm and two days in another one. Longest outage at work was 6 hours. 2hrs longer than the main server backup, but shorter than the network/phone backup.
Our old building never lost power, ever... That was one advantage to being in a former bell telephone CO/switching building. -sam > > > On May 26, 2009, at 2:49 PM, diane wrote: > >> >> I liked the LS but it only has 7 outlets total. Maybe I just need to >> re-evaluate what I need to plug in to it. I was trying to "do it all" >> with one unit. >> >> The ES has 10 outlets for even less than the LS (but not the >> brownout feature). > > Heck, if you need more outlets, just plug a power strip into the UPS. > So long as you don't exceed the rating of the unit, the number of > items plugged in is irrelevant. APC cautions against this because of > the temptation toplug every damn thing in, but with modern Mac > systems, after the CPU, everythign else is relatively inconsequential. > > (like my computer, monitor, and assorted power bricks for external > drives, USB hubs, Firewire Hubs, and in the case of my home system the > cordless phone) all plug in to power strips connected to the battery > side. > > My old Backups 500 at home will run my phone for a doay or so, I bet, > if I unplugged everything else. > > It certainly held up fine for seceral hours during our last power > failure. > > (big storm hit town, and a whole bunch of major utility poles went > down. During this, the breaker blew on the transformer feeding us and > about 5 neighbors. We were way low on the list that night.) > > In the office I have a BackUPS RS 900 connected to my iMac, external > 19" monitor, along with three or four power bricks for ancillary > equipment. It will run the whole shebang for about 20-30 minutes. Long > enough for me to fire up remote desktop to shut down the servers amid > the cacophony of beeping (When the power goes out in our office, we > know it!) > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
