[CentOS] "power outage"-save / like embedded systems

2014-09-30 Thread Leon Fauster
I would like to setup a small system based on CentOS6 "power outage"-save as possible. The hardware will be switch off by pulling the plug. To accomplishing this goal, I would mounting some fs parts readonly (e.g. /usr) and thinking about tmpfs for volatile parts (e.g. lock, run under var). A

Re: [CentOS] "power outage"-save / like embedded systems

2014-09-30 Thread m . roth
Leon Fauster wrote: > I would like to setup a small system based on CentOS6 > "power outage"-save as possible. The hardware will be > switch off by pulling the plug. > > To accomplishing this goal, I would mounting some fs parts > readonly (e.g. /usr) and thinking about tmpfs for volatile > parts (

Re: [CentOS] "power outage"-save / like embedded systems

2014-09-30 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On Tue, September 30, 2014 12:08 pm, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Leon Fauster wrote: >> I would like to setup a small system based on CentOS6 >> "power outage"-save as possible. The hardware will be >> switch off by pulling the plug. >> >> To accomplishing this goal, I would mounting some fs parts >

Re: [CentOS] "power outage"-save / like embedded systems

2014-09-30 Thread John R Pierce
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 consum

Re: [CentOS] "power outage"-save / like embedded systems

2014-09-30 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On Tue, September 30, 2014 12:50 pm, 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

Re: [CentOS] "power outage"-save / like embedded systems

2014-09-30 Thread m . roth
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 gra

Re: [CentOS] "power outage"-save / like embedded systems

2014-09-30 Thread John R Pierce
On 9/30/2014 11:06 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: Is there anything similar to apcupsd for that (preferably open source)? (I do remember ferrups... they have a whole GUI power management package that runs on linux but I tend to use the more basic shell-only stuff. most of the Eatons I've used hav

Re: [CentOS] "power outage"-save / like embedded systems

2014-09-30 Thread John R Pierce
On 9/30/2014 11:22 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: 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) batterie

Re: [CentOS] "power outage"-save / like embedded systems

2014-09-30 Thread m . roth
John R Pierce wrote: > On 9/30/2014 11:22 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> 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 >> *

Re: [CentOS] "power outage"-save / like embedded systems

2014-09-30 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On Tue, September 30, 2014 1:23 pm, John R Pierce wrote: > On 9/30/2014 11:06 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: >> Is there anything similar to apcupsd for that (preferably open source)? >> (I >> do remember ferrups... > > they have a whole GUI power management package that runs on linux but I > tend to u

Re: [CentOS] "power outage"-save / like embedded systems

2014-09-30 Thread John R Pierce
On 9/30/2014 11:52 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: I was thinking more in line of what apcupsd does: it runs as a daemon, talks to UPS (and puts wall message about events like power loss...), and executes command to cleanly shut down the box if less than (whatever % of battery juice you configured to s

Re: [CentOS] "power outage"-save / like embedded systems

2014-09-30 Thread Leon Fauster
Am 30.09.2014 um 19:08 schrieb m.r...@5-cent.us: > Leon Fauster wrote: >> I would like to setup a small system based on CentOS6 >> "power outage"-save as possible. The hardware will be >> switch off by pulling the plug. >> >> To accomplishing this goal, I would mounting some fs parts >> readonly (

Re: [CentOS] "power outage"-save / like embedded systems

2014-09-30 Thread John R Pierce
On 9/30/2014 3:42 PM, Leon Fauster wrote: Am 30.09.2014 um 19:08 schriebm.r...@5-cent.us: >Leon Fauster wrote: >>I would like to setup a small system based on CentOS6 >>"power outage"-save as possible. The hardware will be >>switch off by pulling the plug. >> >>To accomplishing this goal, I wou

Re: [CentOS] "power outage"-save / like embedded systems

2014-10-01 Thread Leon Fauster
Am 01.10.2014 um 00:53 schrieb John R Pierce : > On 9/30/2014 3:42 PM, Leon Fauster wrote: >> Sure, for servers but I am talking about a small >> 9W-power-consumption appliance that have this >> requirement:-) > > I don't think CentOS is the appropriate distribution for > that sort of system. Does