Re: [Sheflug] UPS Recommendations?

[Richard Lowe <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Neil R Porter (neil [at] iamanidiot.com) wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> I run a server from home and the inevitable happened the other night,
> yep, power down.  It was horrible to think that not only was I offline,
> but that the server had been 'shut down' so horribly.  Luckily it is
> back up.
> 
> I have absolutely no experience or knowledge of UPSs, but can no longer
> put off getting one.  The reason I ask you guys for advice is that I'd
> like one that is known to work with Linux in the sense of being able to
> shut it down automatically if power doesn't return.
> 
> Any recommendations will be gratefully received.  I'm no millionaire,
> but money is not a primary factor (although the cheaper the better
> obviously!).
> 

I used to have a Belkin that worked great (Bought it at PC World, I
believe) and right now I have an APC I bought here in the states.

Both worked fine with NUT (although the APC I have required the hiddev
driver, it's a usb connection).

Sorry I can't provide either model number, or a URL for NUT, I'm not
near the UPS right now, and I'm having a wee bit of trouble getting
freshmeat.net to load.

But I've had good luck with NUT for quite a while now, (although I
haven't tried anything else, so there could be better out there).

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