On Tuesday 03 February 2009 08:51:32 Sorin Srbu wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > >From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On > > Behalf > > Of > > >John R Pierce > >Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 9:52 PM > >To: CentOS mailing list > >Subject: Re: Emergency rescue help needed > > > >Sorin Srbu wrote: > >> I've been buying from the Smart-UPS and Back-UPS range. Those should be > >> ok, shouldn't they? > > > >SmartUPS, OK. BackUPS, cheap consumer junk. > > > >I've had to toss out dozens of various BackUPS units, mostly in the > >450-600VA range... They act like they have a dead/weak battery, so I > >replace the battery with a brand new one, and the unit is dead. They > >are typically 2-3 years old at this point, so hardly worth bothering with. > > The APC UPS we still have left is a smallish SmartUPS. I exchanged the > battery a couple of months ago. UPS still working fine as far as I can > tell. Guess you're right, I'll stay away from the BackUPS-range, if we ever > buy APC again. 8-/ > > Reason for getting BackUPS at all, was that I got more VA's for the buck. > The funding I had at the time was very low. Didn't pay off in the long run, > which I pointed out to my boss... ;-) Actually, I have one box attached to a BackUPS that is about 15 years old, and has never had a replacement battery. It holds the box through power variations, and can supply power for a couple of minutes - enough to allow a shutdown, since that box is never running unattended. I got it when we upgraded the company one - it was our (the company's) first, attached to the file-server, so replaced at a reasonable age. Anne
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