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Re: (off topic) UPS recommendation]



On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Mitch Blevins wrote:

> Of course you can change these scripts to do anything you want.  If you
> want to tweak the polling timing, you must recompile from source.
> However, I think the default scripts/values are reasonable and will suit
> most user's needs.  I've had momentary power failures or brownouts that
> weren't even noticed because they fell within polling periods.  I've also
> had some that were detected, but the effects were cancelled on the next
> poll when bpowerd detected that the power was restored.

That's the thing that I want to avoid.... "Oh my god... everybody, the
power is GONE! You all have to log off in 15 minutes because that's as
long as the UPS... uhhh.... hang on a sec....     oh, nevermind. Go back 
to what you were doing." :)

- Joe


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