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by **Ramin Sin** » Wed, 24 Dec 1997 04:00:00

Hi all,

Quote:>From what I understood from the UPS howtos, they are not very up to

date. I was wondering if anyone is using APC for UPS, and if yes which
one and what kind of software it comes with and what else I need to
secure. I am also hoping to hear suggestions for other UPS systems. I
have a pentium machine running Red Hat 4.2.

Thanks,
Ramin
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by **ELUG** » Thu, 25 Dec 1997 04:00:00

> >From what I understood from the UPS howtos, they are not very up to
> date. I was wondering if anyone is using APC for UPS, and if yes which
> one and what kind of software it comes with and what else I need to
> secure. I am also hoping to hear suggestions for other UPS systems. I
> have a pentium machine running Red Hat 4.2.

Most affordable UPS for primarily

your CPU and monitor would be APC's

Back-UPS 400. It also has a port

available to utilize utilities like

"Powerchute" to provide a safe

unnatented shutdown in the event of

a powerfailure. Check out APC's

website at http://www.apcc.com !
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by **Michael Stut** » Mon, 29 Dec 1997 04:00:00

> > >From what I understood from the UPS howtos, they are not very up to
> > date. I was wondering if anyone is using APC for UPS, and if yes which
> > one and what kind of software it comes with and what else I need to
> > secure. I am also hoping to hear suggestions for other UPS systems. I
> > have a pentium machine running Red Hat 4.2.

I would recommend the "Fortress" series by Best Power. Very well-supported
by Linux (check bestpower.com, the company supports Linux, while others --
like APC -- does not), and good quality. A little more expensive than the
ever-pervasive APC units, but, well, you get what you pay for.

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by **David Efflan** » Mon, 29 Dec 1997 04:00:00

>Hi all,

>>From what I understood from the UPS howtos, they are not very up to
>date. I was wondering if anyone is using APC for UPS, and if yes which
>one and what kind of software it comes with and what else I need to
>secure. I am also hoping to hear suggestions for other UPS systems. I
>have a pentium machine running Red Hat 4.2.

>Thanks,
>Ramin

I am using a TrippLite Internet 450 which unfortunately does not have
a serial port to monitor status. Supposedly their versions with
serial port have monitoring programs for UNIX, but I am not sure if it
is Linux specific.

I did have trouble with it not turning on or inadvertantly kicking
into power fail mode, but it was promptly replaced under the 2 year
warranty and I never lost power to the computer while it was on.

David Efflandt/Elgin, IL USA

by **Gregory Greenma** » Tue, 30 Dec 1997 04:00:00

> >Hi all,

> >>From what I understood from the UPS howtos, they are not very up to
> >date. I was wondering if anyone is using APC for UPS, and if yes which
> >one and what kind of software it comes with and what else I need to
> >secure. I am also hoping to hear suggestions for other UPS systems. I
> >have a pentium machine running Red Hat 4.2.

> >Thanks,
> >Ramin

Ramin,

I am using an APC Smart-UPS 700 with Powerchute Plus for UNIX.
I obtained the Powerchute Plus for SCO software from APC and I
run it on a Linux Slackware 3.3 system under iBCS2.

It works fine - I can use the X version of the user interface,
xpowerchute, and it gives a nice color graphical display of
battery capacity, UPS runtime, utility voltage, and UPS load.

It logs power events, tests the UPS and can, of course, shutdown the
system.

[The only trick to running this software is to set DISPLAY to
localhost so that the GUI can communicate with the screen via
the network connection - iBCS2 does not support direct console I/O]

Dr. Gregory Greenman
Physicist

by **William Juli** » Wed, 31 Dec 1997 04:00:00

>>Hi all,

>>>From what I understood from the UPS howtos, they are not very up to
>>date. I was wondering if anyone is using APC for UPS, and if yes which
>>one and what kind of software it comes with and what else I need to
>>secure. I am also hoping to hear suggestions for other UPS systems. I
>>have a pentium machine running Red Hat 4.2.

>>Thanks,
>>Ramin

> I am using a TrippLite Internet 450 which unfortunately does not have
> a serial port to monitor status. Supposedly their versions with
> serial port have monitoring programs for UNIX, but I am not sure if it
> is Linux specific.

I bought a tripplite from VA Research. It came with the cable to connect
to a serial port and full instructions on how to get it working. I found
the tech support at VA Research informative and willing to help. see...

http://www.varesearch.com

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