[Nut-upsuser] Daisy Chain?

[Manuel Wolfshant]

On January 20, 2022 10:03:57 PM GMT+02:00, John Fowler <jcfowler at pacbell.net> wrote:
> I have a Synology NAS which is running NUT Server and communicating to the UPS.
>Their software limits the number of NUT Clients to five which can be controlled by the NUT Server. I have spoken with them to permit more, however, that seems to be stalled.
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>Today I have 14 devices attached to my APC UPS giving me a runtime of about 90 minutes. 
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>Is it possible to configure the clients to Daisy Chain the UPS Server Messages?
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>Today I have  UPS —> Synology NUT Server <—> (5) NUT Clients 
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>Is it possible to setup the NUT Client to act as a Relay to another NUT Client? 
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>UPS —> Synology NUT Server <—> NUT Client/NUT Server <—> NUT Client
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Yes, one can setup a client to also act as relay between the server and other clients. Take a look at the dummy-ups driver



>When I had the NUT Server on a different server and all devices monitoring that NUT server, the NAS would not shutdown in time which seems to be unstable.
>The primary data that needs to be protected is on the NAS. The environment is most stable when the NAS is running the NUT Server.
>The most critical servers I have attached to NAS today, but I would love the ability to shutdown the other 9 devices. 
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