On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 01:55:19PM +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote: > I would like to protect from sparks and temporary power failures my > (continuous) computational work on a workstation (still to be built because > of the difficulty of getting mainboard Tyan K8WE S2895SA3NRF). We already > have two dual amd6a opterons, driven by amd64 debian. > > I have been offered in my country (Italy) APC (American Power Conversion) APC > BACK-UPS RS 800VA (at a price 219 euros, more than twice the price in USA > 120$). The price difference is standard here. It does not reflect the > difference of taxation in the two countries, importation duties, and shipping > expenses. And, from the long delay in having the mainboard delivered from the > official dealer here, could it be that someone is waiting for the importation > price to go down, after having fixed the price with the client? At any event, > I am reiterating that with debian we have not solved our "dependencies" in > toto. > > My main concern is about functionality with the OS i intend to use. I came > across > to /www.pricegrabber.com/rating_getprodrev.php/product_id=1369992/id_type=M > which is not very encouraging (particularly as it probably refers to 32 not > 64), as follows: > > Has anyone experience with this (or other equipment to the same purpose) for > the type on installation of my project?
I just use apcupsd which works great for me. I can't imagine powerchute would be an improvement. Works with all versions of linux and most other unixes as far as I know. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
