Re: [Summary] UPS anyone?
John Pearson <john@huiac.apana.org.au> writes:
> On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 11:34:35AM -0600, Gary L. Hennigan wrote
> > Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca> writes:
> > [snip]
> > > Unresolved questions:
> > >
> > > - What do we get for smart mode? I presume more info about the
> > > state of the UPS and the line condition gets to the user
> > > software. But can the Linux software display it?
> >
> > If you get the APC Back-UPS pro and use apcupsd in smart mode it
> > can. The main advantage is that it can get an estimate of how long
> > your system can run on the battery from the UPS. In dumb mode most of
> > the UPS software immediately shuts down a system when a power outage
> > is detected. In smart mode, with the right software, the system will
> > stay up until the battery gets low.
> >
>
> One thing you *don't* seem to get with vendor-supplied stuff
> is support for multiple workstations on one UPS, as you get with
> upsd. Is that changing?
Just FYI, apcupsd is not a vendor-supplied product and it handles
multiple Linux computers attached to it quite nicely. I have two
machines hooked up to it and while it hasn't had to operate yet, I
tested it and it shut both machines down just fine.
Gary
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