On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 11:34:35AM -0600, Gary L. Hennigan wrote > Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [snip] > > Unresolved questions: > > > > - What do we get for smart mode? I presume more info about the > > state of the UPS and the line condition gets to the user > > software. But can the Linux software display it? > > If you get the APC Back-UPS pro and use apcupsd in smart mode it > can. The main advantage is that it can get an estimate of how long > your system can run on the battery from the UPS. In dumb mode most of > the UPS software immediately shuts down a system when a power outage > is detected. In smart mode, with the right software, the system will > stay up until the battery gets low. >
One thing you *don't* seem to get with vendor-supplied stuff is support for multiple workstations on one UPS, as you get with upsd. Is that changing? John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything." - Bill Gates in Denmark
