Re: (off topic) UPS recommendation]
Brandon Mitchell wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Mitch Blevins wrote:
> > Debian has a bpowerd package which will monitor the UPS and shutdown
> > when the battery get's low. The part number of the cable to order
> > is in the bpowerd package. The schematics for the cable are also there
> > in case you are a glutton for punishment and want to build your own.
>
> How does bpowerd compare to the ups monitoring software that Best Power
> provides? Are there any advantages?
I haven't looked at a recent version of the Best supplied software, but
bpowerd is better in that it is a proper daemon and uses the syslog
correctly. Also, it communicates with sysvinit thru a direct pipe
(/dev/initctl) rather than using messy (and standards non-compliant)
status files in /etc.
Also, bpowerd is packaged for debian and takes much less configuration
than the general purpose UPS packages (such as genpower).
Also, bpower is Free Software. :)
-Mitch
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