Re: Asus sucks (Re: sata sucks)

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 10:26:31AM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote:
> > hendrik@topoi.pooq.com wrote:
> > > >    
> > > How long do they sustain operation if the power fails?
> > >
> > > -- hendrik
> > >
> > >
> > >  
> > It all depends on how power hungry your machine is. LCD is more 
> > efficient than CRT, a Cool 'n Quiet AMD CPU is probably more efficient 
> > than an older generation Intel CPU. A friend recently purchased this 
> > model (http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=21) UPS for her 
> > 20" iMac. Has more than enough power to let her save her work and power 
> > down her machine gracefully. Cost her 35.00 US dollars.
> >
> > Nick
>
> So, in this same vein, does linux recognize events from a USB(i think)
> connected UPS? I have some of my boxen on UPS with the monitors on
> regular power to give me more uptime on them. THe idea is to recognize
> that we've gone to UPS power and gracefully take the system down
> automatically.
>
> A

I have such a setup with apcupsd running and controlling a Backups 
LS500. Just so only the modem + case are plugged in to the battery, 
gives me 15.2 mins of battery uptime. I have written vt and X little 
monitors for that.
It is the case that APC is totally M$ driven. But the Linux maintainer 
of apcupsd, Adam Kropelin, is fantastic and does a super job maintaining 
the code, but if you talk to APC product support all you hear is M$ and 
nothing else.

I recommend APC just because of its support by Kropelin, he has a LS500 
and gave me a version of apcupsd that can set the eprom sensitivity.

H