On Wed, 2015-09-09 at 21:11 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Paul Smith writes: > > > Is there something, apart buying a UPS, that one can do in order to > > minimize the severity of the damage that a power outage can cause? > > A UPS, paired with auto-shutdown software is the best possible > defense > against damage due to unexpected power loss. But that's merely a > formality, > since apcupsd or nut should be able to support most retail UPSes you > can buy > off the shelf. > > I've never had filesystem damage in ~20 years I've been running off > UPSes. I > usually have a power failure 1-2 times a year. Each time my UPSes > gave me > sufficient time to log in to every server, and bring it down. > > Even the few times one of them turned out to have a weak battery it > still > had enough juice for the autoshutdown to kick in immediately, and > bring the > server down all by itself, without waiting for me. > > The money I've spent on all my UPSes has paid for itself over, and > over > again. I agree. I lived in South America for many years, where power was unreliable (not just failures but brownouts and voltage variations) and a UPS was essential. The one I had for several years wasn't well supported on Linux but I used a journal and avoided serious problems. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
