UPS recommendations wanted

[bscott at ntisys.com]

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, at 11:11am, lcook at sybase.com wrote:
> Is anyone willing to comment on their experiences with specific UPSes with
> Linux?

  In my opinion, you can't go wrong with APC's Smart-UPS, Matrix, and
Symmetra lines.  They may not be the cheapest, but they always work, and
well.  Any Smart-UPS will work with apcupsd, NUT, and/or APC's own
PowerChute tools on Linux.  The current PowerChute stuff is agent only on
Linux (needs Windoze for GUI), but I've still got a copy of PowerChute for
X11 that works fine if that's what one whats.  apcupsd works fine
everywhere, of course.  I haven't played with NUT much, because apcupsd did
what I needed, but I understand the results are similar.

> I'm sure some of you will say things depend on how I'm going to use it.  
> Well, initially like to buy an inexpensive one to use at home with RH8 and
> get familiar with apcupsd and NUT.

  Well, the Smart-UPS 420 (the smallest model APC offers) lists for $180,
which may or may not be too much for your budget for simple experimentation.

  APC's Back-UPS line also works with apcupsd, at least for the few models
I've tried.  The Back-UPS line only supports "simple signaling" --
basically, an indication that the UPS is running on battery.  The Smart-UPS
and fancier lines support "smart signaling", which provide two-communication
and data reporting (temperature, voltage, etc.).

-- 
Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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