Re: UPS Advice

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On Jan 29, 2009, at 11:12 AM, Rafal Boni wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:57:11PM +0000, Andrew Ball wrote:
> >    I'm looking for a UPS for a NetBSD host. [...]
> >    This isn't rack mount and 700VA should about cover
> > it.  Does anyone have UPS recommendations?
>
> I'd say avoid the cheap Tripp-Lite UPS'es (I dunno anything about  
> their
> higher-end products); I've had troubles with the UPS'es rebooting  
> due to
> strange power events and the low-end USB ones seem to speak a protocol
> nothing but their software understands.
>
> I'll second the recommendation for APC; I think even their consumer- 
> grade
> stuff is decent.

They're nice but the lower end ones don't have serial ports, only USB.  
Last time I checked ups-nut wasn't too good at supporting those but  
that might have changed. Also, you'll need some config magic to have  
ugen attach to it and not uhid. I had a Belkin one for years, got it  
because it had a serial port and ups-nut supported it just fine, even  
when running on AIX ;)
( yeah, AIX was he reason why USB was a no-no )

have fun
Michael

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