Re: What UPS to buy: a MGE Evolution 850 or an APC Smart-UPS 750?
J.A. de Vries wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Due to power outages at my home I want to buy an UPS for my SOHO server.
> For my needs something between 700 and 1000VA should be enough. I'd like
> to have auto shutdown and powerup and some monitoring facilities too.
>
> After some Googling I am thinking of buying either an APC Smart-UPS 750
> or a MGE Evolution 850. As far as I know APC is the "big brand" and it
> certainly is the one that is the easiest to get around here. Their
> Powerchute software seems to support Linux as well.
>
> However, when reading the NUT website I noticed MGE is supporting them
> really well. And because I'd like to "vote" with my money I have thought
> of going for their product. Before I do so, I'd appreciate if any of you
> could share experiences. I'm not really an expert on this topic as this
> will be the first UPS I own, so any advice would be appreciated.
I agree with Hugo. Go with APC.
I have a Back-UPS CS 500 running with my sarge server and an ES 750 with
my testing desktop system. They both use the apcupsd package and was
easy to setup.
And yes, you have to replace the battery after 3 to 5 years of use.
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