[olug] ups recommendations

[Charles Bird]

I am loving my Liebert 3KVA alot. I have a smaller apc that flakes once in
a while, but its ooooold and not on production stuff, just a few monitors.
I know the apc worked well on mac, not sure about the
Liebert/Emerson...works on Linux/Unix though. :)
I like support with Liebert as well.
In my opinon, if one is able to shell out the cash for Liebert/Emerson
then by all means do it.
There are good reasons why both companies exist and have exsisted for a
long time.




>
> <quote who="Phil Brutsche">
> [snipped]
>> It's hard to go wrong with APC.
>
> And I have to disagree with this statement. From my experiences, I have
> found APC to easily drop the ball with their pre & post sales support.
> They left me hanging on some projects I have worked on, specifically not
> detailing all of the parts & such needed - and then the install came with
> us holding the bag because not everything needed was on hand. Thigs
> broken, seems like an easy fix? APC will usually tell you time to buy new,
> and oh we have this great upgrate trade up program.... Wen in fact it
> sometimes just takes a reset of the UPS, or some new batteries.
>
> Overall, (for the most part) the equipment has been workhorses. And I know
> to take my dead batteries to Battery Patrol to get new ones, because
> replacement pricing from APC is _outrageous_ to say the least. MOst of my
> UPSes are APCs, because I was able to score some used (and swap out the
> batteries).
>
> But when I am purchasing new, I try to get Tripp Lite, Powerware, Liebert,
> or Minuteman.
>
> I have had some Tripp Lite UPSes, and they seemed to run fine for many
> years. Same with Liebert stuff I had at my old job.
>
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> Timothy "Irish" O'Brien
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