Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-12 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, > the *why*. Is there a best type to save me from this? Do any of > these power supplies come with scripts to shutdown a Unix {or > Linux} computer? Is there a UPS that is designed for heavy use > and a very short (5- to 10-second) uptime? I'll need one that can >

RE: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-12 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
ic that they used in their older UPSes. But, I still think there are better deals to be had. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gary Kline > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 4:12 PM > To: FreeBSD Mailing List > Su

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-10 Thread Christopher Sean Hilton
On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 11:36 +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > Ray wrote: > > On Monday 08 October 2007 8:36:39 pm Erich Dollansky wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Rob wrote: > >>> think. Most the draw in a residence is the HVAC. > >> what is this? HVAC? > >> > > Heating Ventilation Air Conditionin

Re[2]: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-09 Thread Gerard
On October 08, 2007 at 10:41PM Bart Silverstrim wrote: [snip] > > what is this? HVAC? > > Heating and air conditioning, I believe. No? HVAC (pronounced either "H-V-A-C" or, occasionally, "H-VAK") is an initialism/acronym that stands for "heating, ventilation, and air conditioning". HVAC may

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-08 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Ray wrote: On Monday 08 October 2007 8:36:39 pm Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, Rob wrote: think. Most the draw in a residence is the HVAC. what is this? HVAC? Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning move the machine around to be used for heating during winter. Compared to that PCs are a m

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-08 Thread Ray
On Monday 08 October 2007 8:36:39 pm Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > Rob wrote: > > think. Most the draw in a residence is the HVAC. > > what is this? HVAC? > Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning > Erich > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing li

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-08 Thread Bart Silverstrim
Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, Rob wrote: think. Most the draw in a residence is the HVAC. what is this? HVAC? Heating and air conditioning, I believe. No? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/f

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-08 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Rob wrote: think. Most the draw in a residence is the HVAC. what is this? HVAC? Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-08 Thread Rob
Gary Kline wrote: Outstanding; thanks++ for the URL for the watt/amp/volt/Hz/VA meter. I just ordred one. Also for the ups_selector page. Glad to help. When you're experimenting with the meter, remember that for many devices you need to plug it in for a couple days to average o

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-08 Thread Gary Kline
On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 02:05:17PM -0400, Rob wrote: > Pieter de Goeje wrote: > >verify my guess on the overall power usage of my servers I bought a > >VA/Watts meter (EUR. 39,-). Turns out average wattage is about 90watts per > >server idle and max 130watts under load. On powerup they will use a

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-08 Thread Rob
Pieter de Goeje wrote: verify my guess on the overall power usage of my servers I bought a VA/Watts meter (EUR. 39,-). Turns out average wattage is about 90watts per server idle and max 130watts under load. On powerup they will use a max. of 180watts for I've got one of these: http://www.ne

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-08 Thread Gary Kline
On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 02:36:05AM +0200, Pieter de Goeje wrote: > On Sunday 07 October 2007, Gary Kline wrote: > > First, thank to both you and Bart for your cmments. You were > > *right* about the price. Can I assume that a ballpark would be > > 400W for each server? (My wife is ri

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-08 Thread Pieter de Goeje
On Sunday 07 October 2007, Gary Kline wrote: > First, thank to both you and Bart for your cmments. You were > *right* about the price. Can I assume that a ballpark would be > 400W for each server? (My wife is right: I've got to cut back to > three computers:-) I've found

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-07 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Gary Kline wrote: On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 11:12:00AM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: *right* about the price. Can I assume that a ballpark would be 400W for each server? (My wife is right: I've got to cut back to three computers:-) I've found one APC 2200VA with a 17

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-07 Thread Gary Kline
On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 11:12:00AM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > there are basically two types of UPS' around: online and stand-by or fly-by. > > The online version is much more expensive but also much better in > critical conditions. > > Gary Kline wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > >

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-06 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, there are basically two types of UPS' around: online and stand-by or fly-by. The online version is much more expensive but also much better in critical conditions. Gary Kline wrote: Hi Folks, Recently, a storm happened and the power surge blew me off-line. Time to ge

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-06 Thread Bart Silverstrim
Gary Kline wrote: Hi Folks, Recently, a storm happened and the power surge blew me off-line. Time to get serious about buying a UPS that will handle my four main servers for at-most, a 10-second power outage. After that, shut down my computers. It took me 90 m

what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-06 Thread Gary Kline
Hi Folks, Recently, a storm happened and the power surge blew me off-line. Time to get serious about buying a UPS that will handle my four main servers for at-most, a 10-second power outage. After that, shut down my computers. It took me 90