The problems that people were running into was with the usb version of the belkin ups, the serial version works great under linux. I have had one protecting my home firewall/file server for 2 years and it works great. So well in fact that I picked up 2 more for work, you can't beat a 500VA ups for around $100 and it work well. My 2c. Barry Johnson -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pete Nesbitt Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 10:38 PM To: golharam@xxxxxxxxx; General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: Recommended UPS for Linux On May 12, 2004 07:25 pm, Ryan Golhar wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good UPS for Linux desktops? I have two > desktops that are LDAP/NFS servers. I want to put them on a UPS for > automatic shutdown if the power is out for a period of time. > > I read the UPS HOW-TO on tldp.org. I was wondering what others are > using and if anyone has any preferences on manufacturer and models. I > really need about maybe 10-20 minutes before automatic shut-down. I > think I would like a USB model in order to monitor the battery > condition. Can anyone make any recommendations? > > Ryan Hi Ryan, There was a thread from early february "Belkin Regulator Pro UPS" you may want to search on, but the bottom line output from that one was Don't Buy Belkin. I have been using an APC Backups 500 for a couple years or more. It does basic shutdown etc. I don't think you could go wrong with a APC BackUPS or BackUPS-PRO (or whatever there current similar model is) but if you want to run 2 pc's and possibly 2 monitors for 10-20 minutes off one UPS, it will need to be big (ie expensive) so you might be better off with 2 smaller ones. With just one pc and monitor, If I try and turn on my crt monitor while on UPS power, the surge can drain it. If it is already on or if I leave the monitor off it is fine. I have the APC ssd shutdown software kick in after 10 minutes but around here it is more brownouts and spikes that effect the power. -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
