John R Pierce wrote: > On 9/30/2014 10:28 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: >> And APC is the best in my experience. (Of course, there will be a couple >> of brands with hardware on the same level...) > > actually, I'd take an Eaton Powerware (formerly Best Power) over a APC > any day. > > APC BackUPS grade stuff is strictly cheap consumer gear, I've had dozens > of them fail over the years, all different BU models, the battery fails, > you put a new battery in and the UPS still won't work. They > consistently overcharge the batteries so they die in 2-3 years, when > they should last 5+. > > The APC SmartUPS stuff is significantly better, but also a lot more > expensive.
I think I may have an Eaton, or Compupower, at home. I think most of the consumer-grade ones are similar. The SmartUPS are... but then, overwhelmingly, mine are rackmount. I have mentioned here, before, though, that at least with the SmartUPS, you can easily, and far less expensively, buy replacement batteries, but they *MUST* be HR (high rate) batteries; anything else, and the SmartUPS don't believe they've been replaced correctly. Isn't even a price difference - it's just for a different market, and most of the vendors, nor the OEM's reps I've spoken to, know *anything* about this. mark _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos