Hi Eric,<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2006/8/8, Eric S. Johansson <<a href="mailto:esj@harvee.org">esj@harvee.org</a>>:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I do a bunch of "kindness of strangers" hosting in my basement and my<br>three kVA apc unit died recently. In looking around, it looked like<br>Belkin was a reasonable low-end replacement for a few machines. Then I
<br>read this mailing list after I purchased one and was gifted another. It<br>looks like people don't like Belkin. ;-)<br><br>So the question is what's a good UPS for running for five machines, 12<br>disk drives, and seven CPUs (one being a DEC Alpha)? No, I haven't
<br>figured out the power budget. When I take things down this weekend, I<br>will be measuring the power consumption of all the devices.<br><br>Power outages around here tend to be fairly frequent but short-lived<br>(i.e
. under five minutes) as the trees brush across power lines and then<br>the circus reset.<br><br>Given this kind of power fluctuation, I think I am happy with roughly a<br>five or 10 minute runtime with fairly quick shutdown triggers.
<br><br>assuming that the Belkin units are uncontrollable because the firmware<br>and hardware implementation is just awful, what is recommended and<br>available here in the states?<br><br>thanks for sharing your wisdom.<br>
</blockquote></div><br>I think most have been said about the relation between NUT and MGE ;-)<br><br clear="all">Depending upon your exact power needs, and setup (single vs multi UPS, rackmount, ...), you might prefer Pulsar Evolution or Pulsar EX RT. If you need a bit more power and features / QOS, I would recommend the new Pulsar MX.
<br><br>You can get a bit of help to make your choice using the UPS Selector:<br><a href="http://www.mgeups.com/selector/ups/index.php?lang=us">http://www.mgeups.com/selector/ups/index.php?lang=us</a><br><br>If you have more questions, don't hesitate to contact me back.
<br>But as told, I'll be on holidays for 2 weeks as of tomorrow...<br><br>Arnaud<br>-- <br>Linux / Unix Expert - MGE UPS SYSTEMS - R&D Dpt<br>Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - <a href="http://www.networkupstools.org/">
http://www.networkupstools.org/</a><br>Debian Developer - <a href="http://people.debian.org/~aquette/">http://people.debian.org/~aquette/</a><br>OpenSource Developer - <a href="http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/">http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/
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