Re: UPS Advice

[Stephen Borrill <netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost>]

On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Julian Coleman wrote:
> >     I'm looking for a UPS for a NetBSD host. Ideally I would
> > like the UPS to be able to notify the load when AC power is
> > lost and especially when the battery charge gets low.
> > Ideally the load should be able to tell the UPS once the
> > shut-down is complete so that it can switch off its output.
> > In a perfect world I would like to be able to configure the
> > UPS not to re-power the load until the battery was charged
> > again.  This isn't rack mount and 700VA should about cover
> > it.  Does anyone have UPS recommendations?
>
> I'll echo the APC recommendations.  I have 3 of the SMART-UPS family (the
> older serial-only models).  I use NUT (pkgsrc/sysutils/ups-nut) with them
> but there is also apcupsd.  They do:
>
>  notify when switching to battery/mains
>  shutdown after configurable delay
>  startup after configurable % charge

I use apcupsd in network master mode which, as there is a Windows port 
too, means I can control a whole heterogenous server farm connected to 
a single UPS from a NetBSD machine.

--
Stephen