I am on the side that does not consider surges or spikes rare, nor do I
think they only happen on power lines. I lost 3 48 port Cisco Switches, 5
Nortell Hubs, and 1 Cisco 48 port line card to a surge that went through
the network wiring. Two weeks ago I had a surge that destroyed one of my
UPSes (well my employers, but I think of them as mine :) ) but protected
$30,000 USD worth of networking gear that powered up fine once connected to
a functional UPS.
The cost of a UPS and or surge protector is pocket change compared to the
cost of what they protect.
Jeff
At 08:16 PM 10/13/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 19:24:27 -0400
>From: "Brad Dobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Dumb computer question
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>As a real computer and internet junkie, and part-time tech, I *always* leave
>my stuff on. On thing is I turn of monitors at night. Running XP Pro on 2
>computers, on with Win98SE, one Windows 2000 Corporate Server, and one
>laptop networked running NT4. I've never had anything fail on me, I keep
>strict maintenance, and consider the chance of a power surge to be an
>overrated experience and rare. I rarely have to reboot ANY of the machines.
>On UPS, they are an invaluable tool for those occasional brown-outs.
