I've got a Cyberpower 1500 that been dependable for a couple of years ( worked through two sets of batteries and still going ). I've also used lots of APC units that I don't like and don't recommend either
- jf On May 12, 2013, at 12:54, Charles Curley <charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote: > On Sun, 12 May 2013 11:37:56 -0600 > Chris <plug....@2nerds.com> wrote: > >> I've owned several different UPS brands over the years and APC was the >> worst by far. My two APC units both failed within two years of >> purchase. > > I've owned two APC UPSs over the last 20 years. My current one is a > Back-UPS LS 700. I forget when I bought it, but its battery date is > 2008-09-28, and this is not its first battery. (Hmmm, I should force a > self-test soon....) > > When considering a UPS, also consider support software for your OS. I > stick with APC because of apcupsd, which is a nice rock solid piece of > software. http://www.apcupsd.com/ It lets me run several machines off > the same UPS, and will gracefully shut down each one. The documentation > is good. It is available in most Linux distribution repos. > > -- > > Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign > Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards > and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email > http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email > > Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
