Re: [gentoo-user] "Copying" between hard drives potential newbie question

[Matthias Bethke <Matthias.Bethke@gmx.net>]

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Hi waltdnes,
on Tuesday, 2005-09-06 at 21:08:20, you wrote:
> > Most UPSs below about US$400 are junk.  You'd be served just as well
> > with a decent surge suppressor power strip.  Don't waste your money
> > on a UPS.
> 
>   Not if all you want is to give your home system 5 minutes to shut down
> in a power failure, or to handle the occasional 30-second outage, of
> which my area seems to have more than its fair share.

Oh yes, it depends very much on the grid in your area.
I lived in the Philippines for a while where brownouts are a very common
thing---usually, you get a UPS "free" there when you buy a computer.
It's really no fun without one, and for what they have to do the cheap
lil things work very well. Their lead accus don't usually last more than
a year, but then you just get a new one for $5 or so and you're set for
another year. In Germany OTOH, hardly anybody has one, and people still
get uptimes of over a year.

regards
	Matthias
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