From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2787C138372 for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2013 17:34:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7698D21C0C9; Tue, 8 Jan 2013 17:34:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vb0-f44.google.com (mail-vb0-f44.google.com [209.85.212.44]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2EE9621C0CE for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2013 17:32:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vb0-f44.google.com with SMTP id fc26so670524vbb.3 for ; Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:32:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=XJnN/TXGFbd4XEoH9v3FIyxz7WUqViXHIE7Cx8nGEKo=; b=jSAnh0M5piSqMw6u2xm61Mt8X/pR2fKetOSHUZWt6v/GFCbyYpvKQNOww+E53cRXuO y2zCijlpoOTZRdSPVnnw0P4wNALFvppBJ74bR8rDk/+5WrI4PhQasahcRVm3coXSk+r1 DUgFzwnwD7RL4nS/mbag5uWwWfrJGOJmXJSftYr+Mm0ANPzdujKfxY+sN5qrf1lQ4dyC QYT7xfdwuZemJJWIEqoE7JNn0/UtQlGR2O343DLOAbrNtTHKuUYZc6Y2ur2EKE8MH45B Ptw3ZsGiC1SR8eo5jOAzRkM1OMR2IUo2ND4U+LhwA7zaZP6a2gJ0zWeJI5GzdBCEpvuj nuZg== Received: by 10.58.107.235 with SMTP id hf11mr90466160veb.16.1357666356374; Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:32:36 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.58.217.195 with HTTP; Tue, 8 Jan 2013 09:32:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20130108130147.GA26744@waltdnes.org> From: Paul Hartman Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 11:32:16 -0600 X-Google-Sender-Auth: ZH4hdGLJ01HRgjyDfGWSC0RVWno Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Any UPS recommendations? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: bbe4e064-f157-4444-823d-3f1feb95bbd7 X-Archives-Hash: 2deab1cc89d4cd7ba72861aaea9ab0b2 On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: >> I think my UPS is dying. Time to get a new one. It's been years, so >> there may be new tech out there I don't know about. My normal usage is >> * 1 LCD monitor 24" >> * 1 (sometimes 2) "desktop" PCs connected to the monitor >> * 1 ADSL router/modem >> >> What brand and VA rating would people recommend. The stuff I'm >> concerned about is the 2 or 3 times a year I get power flickers, or a >> short outage. And also, if power is out for more than 5 minutes, and >> the battery is running low, I want the PC to be able to sense that and >> execute /usr/sbin/hibernate > > I personally have a Cyberpower 1350VA (with fancy LED display to show > current load, estimated time remaining, etc.). It is supported by NUT > in linux so my box can do a clean shutdown when the UPS battery is > running low. Running my big PC (with 7 HDDs RAID) it gives me around > 30 to 45 minutes of life on battery before the shutdown kicks in. My > power outages at my house are generally either <5 seconds, or > hours/days with nothing in-between. :) I will also add I had an Ultra brand UPS before (actually made by Powercom), which was extremely cheap, I'm talking about $79 shipped for 1500VA UPS, and it spontaneously stopped working one day, just outside of the warranty period. It was not supported by NUT, the linux software required binaries instealled to /etc and also to write its logs to /etc and generally did not work well anyway. I will avoid Powercom/Ultra UPS in the future. At work we use APC brand UPS and they generally seem to work very well, though they tend to be quite expensive.