Re: Debian Compatable UPS?
On 21. September 2005 at 12:22AM -0500,
Ron Johnson <ronnyjunior@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 17:21 +0000, Pollywog wrote:
> > On 09/20/2005 04:16 pm, John Hasler wrote:
> > > Josh Battles writes:
> [snip]
> >
> > I would have bought a UPS for my computer but I don't know of
> > any low cost UPS units that are compatible with Linux.
>
> How low is low?
Anything not manufactured by APC should be low-cost and good
enough for any home user (My Computer) who backs up
regularly. Compatibility might be a problem. But I once managed
to get my computer to shut down while connected to a "dumb" UPS
using powstatd, which I uninstalled after I lost my serial port
(hardware problem).
> $ uname -a
> Linux haggis 2.6.13n #1 Tue Sep 20 17:30:23 CDT 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
>
>
> $ /sbin/apcaccess status
> APC : 001,034,0839
> DATE : Wed Sep 21 00:21:03 CDT 2005
> HOSTNAME : haggis
> RELEASE : 3.10.18
> VERSION : 3.10.18 (21 July 2005) debian
> UPSNAME : XS1500
> CABLE : Custom Cable Smart
> MODEL : Back-UPS RS 1500
[...]
APC's offerings tend to be at least twice as expensive as the
next brand. I've heard and read lots of FUD from APC that buying
a cheap UPS is playing Russian roulette with your data. So I
compensate for my "no-name" UPS by installing a separate surge
suppressor. So I have two levels of protection. The surge
suppressor takes care of the power surges, while the UPS catches
the fluctuations.
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