I would agree on the cable issue. I have a box with "APC Cables don't touch upon pain of death" written on it. That said our Symettra LX is a tank. Ours has a management card and it works with "APC Network Shutdown software" which is free on our windows servers. The Symettra sends a shutdown signal to the servers from the management card. We have had stellar support and apc has replaced bad batteries with no hassle.
Devin On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Angus Scott-Fleming <angu...@geoapps.com>wrote: > [correcting the gag-me-with-a-shovel apostrophized subject] > > On 16 Apr 2010 at 10:37, Andrew S. Baker wrote: > > > APC used to be waaaay ahead of the pack, but I don't find that to be > ture > > anymore. Their quality has gone down a little, and the quality of the > other > > players in this space have gone up quite a bit. > > > > I'm fine with Tripplite, APC and CyberPower UPS products in the 500VA to > > 3000VA range. > > The consensus in the current threads on UPS is "APC is the Cadillac" but > that you pay Cadillac prices for them. > > One thing that really torques me about APC is their insistence on using > custom, non-standard interfaces like the $30+-to-replace RJ-50-to-USB cables > they currently use, and the $35+-to-replace non-standard "RS-232" cables > they used to use -- why not use a standard USB A-to-B cable like TrippLite? > GRRRR! > > Most modern PCs no longer have RS-232 ports, so refurb units with RS-232 > cables are off the table for my clients. Once you add the cost of > purchasing and configuring a USB-to-RS-232 adapter, you've lost a good chunk > of the cost savings and there's no guarantee the UPS software will work > with it. > > > > -- > Angus Scott-Fleming > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona > 1-520-895-3270 > Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/ > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
