Re: [OT] Home UPS (was Filesystem recommendations)

2010-05-03 Thread B. Alexander
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Kelly Clowers kelly.clow...@gmail.comwrote: For me, it is only partly about my hardware. It is also about my data. I have backups, but I didn't used to, and I would just as soon not have to go through a restore process. And even a simple power outage that

[OT] Home UPS (was Filesystem recommendations)

2010-04-29 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:26:52 -0400 (EDT), Stan Hoeppner wrote: Anyway, the way I've always looked at the residential side of the UPS debate is to ask myself this question: Is it worth spending $100 to surge and power backup protect my $1000 PC and printer? For me that answer is an emphatic

Re: [OT] Home UPS (was Filesystem recommendations)

2010-04-29 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 29 April 2010 10:54:47 Stephen Powell wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:26:52 -0400 (EDT), Stan Hoeppner wrote: Is it worth spending $100 to surge and power backup protect my $1000 PC and printer? For me that answer is an emphatic yes. You make a strong case. But I come from a

Re: [OT] Home UPS (was Filesystem recommendations)

2010-04-29 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 08:54, Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:26:52 -0400 (EDT), Stan Hoeppner wrote: Anyway, the way I've always looked at the residential side of the UPS debate is to ask myself this question:  Is it worth spending $100 to surge and power

Re: [OT] Home UPS (was Filesystem recommendations)

2010-04-29 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Kelly Clowers put forth on 4/29/2010 12:07 PM: Furthermore most almost all power outages here are very brief, and I end up not having to shutdown at all, which is just pure convenience. For me, my Back-UPS XS 1000 was one of my best computer-related purchases. I've got an old APC RM1400NET

RE: [OT] Home UPS (was Filesystem recommendations)

2010-04-29 Thread owens
Original Message From: zlinux...@wowway.com To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: [OT] Home UPS (was Filesystem recommendations) Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:54:47 -0400 (EDT) On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:26:52 -0400 (EDT), Stan Hoeppner wrote: Anyway, the way I've always looked

Re: [OT] Home UPS (was Filesystem recommendations)

2010-04-29 Thread Merciadri Luca
ow...@netptc.net wrote: Original Message From: zlinux...@wowway.com To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: [OT] Home UPS (was Filesystem recommendations) Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:54:47 -0400 (EDT) On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:26:52 -0400 (EDT), Stan Hoeppner wrote

Re: [OT] Home UPS (was Filesystem recommendations)

2010-04-29 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 29 April 2010 14:26:17 ow...@netptc.net wrote: Original Message From: zlinux...@wowway.com To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: [OT] Home UPS (was Filesystem recommendations) Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:54:47 -0400 (EDT) On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:26:52 -0400 (EDT

Re: [OT] Home UPS (was Filesystem recommendations)

2010-04-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:48:03 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Thursday 29 April 2010 14:26:17 owens wrote: Also I might have an issue with Stan's use of AND. While surge protection of printers is a good idea, most UPS vendors advise against connecting the printer to the UPS for power

Re: [OT] Home UPS (was Filesystem recommendations)

2010-04-29 Thread Merciadri Luca
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: It's not because the printer makes the power unclean or otherwise interferes with the correct functioning of the UPS while mains is working. They recommend against connecting printers because printers draw a large amount of power, dramatically reducing the

Re: [OT] Home UPS (was Filesystem recommendations)

2010-04-29 Thread Stan Hoeppner
ow...@netptc.net put forth on 4/29/2010 2:26 PM: Also I might have an issue with Stan's use of AND. While surge protection of printers is a good idea, most UPS vendors advise against connecting the printer to the UPS for power protection Larry Most inkjets on a UPS are fine (for small