On Wednesday 14 November 2007 06:14:59 Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > Ali, Saqib wrote: > > I am looking for a UPS for a single Fedora server for a non-profit > > org. Only one machine (HP DL360 G4) will be connected to the UPS. We > > need about 2 hrs of run-time, with automatic shutdown capability, and > > restart when the power comes back. > > > > Any good APC UPS that has rpm for Fedora? > > APC has an apcupsd RPM for their UPSes. Its readily available. > Otherwise, there is the generic nut RPM that can be configured for a > number of other UPSes without much difficulty. The 2 hours of runtime > is where you are going to have trouble. You're going to need a massive > UPS to provide that kind of power to a desktop system. However, my > laptop battery has that kind of power on a laptop system. My > motherboard in my desktop system is configurable to return to the > previous state it was in upon power restoration, so I don't think its a > function of th UPS driver to do that. You need a UPS which waits to be charged at some level before starting to give power again. Else if multiple power outages happens it gets messy. I *think* most UPS can do that, but it's better to check the ups/driver documentation first. > > YMMV. > > With my PC/monitor/cable modem plugged into my APC RS 1000 it claims to > have about 31 minutes of backup time. You'll obviously need a bigger > model to get to 2 hours of runtime. > > -- > Kevin J. Cummings > kjchome@xxxxxxx > cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org) -- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
