[GLLUG] UPS for Linux Boxes

[Rocky Lichen]

I have had excellent luck with Complete Battery
Source, which is located just northeast of the
Meridian Mall.

http://www.completebatterysource.com/

They had what I needed at a good price (shipping will
kill you on batteries) took my old batteries, and had
good tips like making sure to completely drain the
capacitor before installing the new batteries.

--- John Lewis <jkl714 at comcast.net> wrote:

> I have an APC SU-1250 which the battery packs have
> gone flat. APC tells me
> the fix is to return them to APC and buy a new unit,
> which is not an option
> for me. Does anyone have a cost effective source for
> replacement packs for
> this thing?
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu
> [mailto:linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu]On Behalf Of
> G Grant
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 9:18 AM
> To: Ex Fed; linux-user at egr.msu.edu
> Cc: gjg at sqlrecovery.net
> Subject: Re: [GLLUG] UPS for Linux Boxes
> 
> 
> When I had my hosting company, we used rack mount
> UPS's for a lot of Sun, HP
> and IBM gear. They were SNMP enabled and software
> that could communicate
> with the server(s) that were attached to them. This
> was not so much for
> operations to monitor the UPS as it was for the UPS
> to trigger a clean
> shut-down of the server if the UPS power reserve
> dropped to an unsafe level
> that risked sudden power loss to the server.
> 
> APS makes several that include software for Linux. I
> have included model
> numbers below.
> 
> All of these UPSs include a software CD with
> PowerChute plus for Linux (as
> well other legacy operating systems such as Windows
> XP). The software is
> easily installed. It has a really nice GUI that
> allows you full control over
> the UPS. You can set audible alarms, paging, email
> alerts, broadcast power
> events, run command files, etc., based on trigger
> events. Complete control
> over logging is also included.
> 
> Each UPS includes a serial cable which connects to
> one computer. If you have
> more than one computer connected to the UPS you have
> a few options. The
> first and recommended option is to buy the Web/SNMP
> card described above. It
> essentially turns your UPS into a mini server, where
> it communicates over
> ethernet directly with each UPS.
> 
> Another option is to have the UPS hooked up to one
> computer via serial port.
> The UPS then tells the computer via serial port that
> there is a power
> problem, and the computer then tells the other
> computers over the ethernet
> about the power problem. Unfortunately, APC's
> software doesn't support this.
> It can be done using the Open Source software
> described below.
> 
> There are two main options. One is apcupsd
> (http://www.apcupsd.org/). The
> other is Network UPS tools
> (http://www.exploits.org/nut). Both are really
> nice, and have all sorts of features, including web
> reporting tools.
> 
> APC Linux ready UPS's
> SU620 Stand Alone 620 VA UPS
> SU1000R2BX120- Rackmount 1000 VA UPS
> SU1400R2BX120- Rackmount 1400 VA UPS
> SU2200R3BX120- Rackmount 2200 VA UPS
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -------Original Message-------
> > From: Ex Fed <exfed at hotmail.com>
> > Subject: [GLLUG] UPS for Linux Boxes
> > Sent: 19 Nov 2004 13:41:09
> >
> > Does anybody out there have experience with UPSes
> that will work out of
> the
> > box with LINUX. I am looking for a UPS / Software
> combination that does
> > smart signaling ( ups can communicate to the
> computer, the battery status,
> > percentage of charge, run time left etc)
> >
> > Lee
> >
> >
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