Re: FN-FORUM UPS Recommendations

date posted 30th December 2002 17:04

I have a 700 also, but I wouldn't run 4 machines of it...you'd not get
enough minutes of power to shut down cleanly.

You run Powerchute in server mode with Snmp to tell other machines to shut
down (there are other ways)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Macnaughton-Jones" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 12:06 PM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM UPS Recommendations


> I've got a SMART-UPS 700 on my server. Comes with PowerChute (which is
> what you're looking for Daemon wise). It's got 4 power outlets on the
> back (kettle type) but only one serial port for the comms. I suspect
> that you can have it so that one machine can tell the others to shut
> down.
>
> Works a treat.
>
> Also got a crappy little trust one on my workstation - that's not so
> important, but both do the power trimming thing which is more important
> out in the country side where the supply is a little dodgy.
>
> And obviously the laptop runs on it's own internal battery so that's not
> a problem.
>
> Cheers
> Andy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darren Beale [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: 30 December 2002 11:51
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: FN-FORUM UPS Recommendations
>
>
> Hi there
>
> I had a power cut here yesterday and whilst I've not lost anything I've
> decided that I can't risk all of my machines just getting switched off
> like that again.
>
> So, I'm after personal recommendations for a single UPS's that can
> handle at least 4 machines and automatically shut them down when the
> power cuts. I have 2 Linux, 1 Slowaris and 1 Windows machine to cover.
> I've had dealings with big rack mounted APS units before that could
> power a rack for 10 mins, they had a serial connection to each machines
> and I seem to remember some daemon running that looked for a signal
> coming in from the UPS. Am I talking big bucks here for my much more
> simple needs?
>
> Obviously I'll start looking for myself, but as I said, I'm after any
> personal recommendations as dabs has 5 pages of them!
>
> Tia
>
> ;D
>
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