[olug] UPS

Wed Sep 22 22:48:32 UTC 2004

I have had the opposite experience, starting to hate APC. Their tech
support is helpful & give me what I need every time I call, but some of
their stuff just does not last as long as other vendors. Their purchasing
avenues & pre-purchase support frustrated me to no end - the web based
selection tool was crap, leaving off accessories I considered part of the
unit/package.
Typically, a APC unit will last 3-6 years (normally on the low end).
Sometimes you can swap out the batteries (see a prior OLUG thread on this
topic), and have the UPS for a few more years.
I do like the APC Trade-UP program, where you get $$$ credit towards a new
APC UPS for sending them an old UPS. The ones we just sent them were made
in 1996, and they accepted them just fine.

We also have some TrippLite & Liebert UPSes. The Tripplite ones are small,
desktop units which have been dying off as of late (the power switch
breaks & the unit is left inop). No luck swapping batteries on these
units.
The Liebert have never caused me any issues (yet). IIRC, I met the local
Liebert rep at InfoTec last year - knowledgeable fellow & more than
willing to help. I wish I knew where I put his business card.

Irish

Our
<quote who="Ben Dinger">
> At work I've grown very fond of APC, in fact now we use them exclusively.
> Their PowerChute software (which they give you free if you buy any
> SmartUPS) works very well with linux.  I have it in use on one Redhat 9
> box, a couple of SuSE 9 and SLES 8 boxes, and a couple of SuSE 9.1 boxes.
> Works great with all of them.
>
> If you are just using it on one box, a SmartUPS 420 would probably be
> enough.  I think we pay about $160 for them, we use them on seveal
> "critical" workstations.
>
> Also, I hear good things about the BackUPS 1000's.  They are priced very
> cheaply, and have gobs of runtime.  I just don't know if they include
> PowerChute or not.
>
> Finally, I *think* that TrippLite UPSes play nice with Linux.  We had
> several TrippLites that died in the big October storm that were 5 or 6
> (!!!) years old.
>
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 05:56:27AM -0500, William E. Kempf wrote:
>> We recently had a power outage that caused my Linux box to shutdown
>> abnormally.  Since then I've had some problems with my ReiserFS
>> partitions.  I haven't done it yet, but I assume that an fsck will cure
>> this and so I'm not overly concerned with that or data loss (I've got
>> backups).  However, I suspect the issues are not coincidentally
>> occurring
>> after the abnormal shutdown, and thus I'm considering the purcahse of a
>> UPS to prevent this in the future.  (The machine runs 24/7 and acts as
>> my
>> personal server, but there's nothing machine critical on there, which is
>> why I've not considered a UPS until this point.)
>>
>> So... I'm looking for advice on an inexpensive UPS system that works
>> well,
>> is reliable, and is compatible with Linux (i.e. it can trigger a safe
>> shutdown prior to loss of battery power in cases that the electricity is
>> out for an extended time).  Anyone have suggestions?
>>
>> --
>> William E. Kempf
>> wekempf at cox.net
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Omaha Linux User's Group (OLUG)
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