On Mon, 17 Dec 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'd like to know if somebody has some experience with Gamatronic UPS. > I'm looking for unexpensive reliable UPS that has support for Linux. > The one of Gamatronic seems to be this one, but I'd prefer to here first of > all > some opinions before buying. here is my _biased_ opinion (biased since my company wrote management software for gamatronic's larger PS-es and UPS-es) - we bought several UPSes from them - the smaller version - and we also got one of the larger UPSes. they are used to hold PC stations - we usually put the machine without the display itself on the UPS - and so far they seem to work well. didn't try connecting to their serial ports, so i can't tell you much about linux support for that. the larger UPS-es have an SNMP interface, btw, but that requires a small external box (no idea if it comes with the UPS, or only for an extra price). we use most of the UPS-es we got from them for less then a year yet (except for the larger one - which works for a year+), so you'd better find someone that uses them for longer then that. in the same environment, we have other UPS-es too (advice, and 1 other company). some of them died, but it seems that it was due to the need to replace the battery after around 2 years of use - apprently, we replaced those batteries only after the UPS mulfunctioned ;) hope it (biasly) helps, -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
