The one thing that I do like about APC are their rack-mounted power strips.... they are built like tanks... whereas the plastic HP crap we had actually began to disintegrate after a while.
-sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 3:54 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Friday (kinda) Funny > > On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Ben M. Schorr <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I never had to buy one of their proprietary cables - I always got one > > in the box with the unit. That said...considering what I've seen in > > the field between APC and other brands I'd gladly spend the $28 to > > have the reliability and support of APC if I had to. > > I haven't found APC to be anything special. I've had several of their units > drop the load during a self-test. I've had multiple units have the batteries > swell up and get jammed in the chassis, requiring extensive dismantling to be > removed. The LE1200 voltage regulators seem to have a design flaw where > the tap selector relay gets stuck and won't start under load; their support > people will replace the unit if it's under warranty, but seem unable to > understand the concept of a design flaw. > > Note that I say I haven't found APC to be *special*. That means they're no > better, but also no worse, than any other brand of UPS. > They all seem to suck in various ways. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
