John Clabaugh wrote:
The software that you want to google for is "apcupsd". It's better
than the official APC software in my opinion.
Another good one is NUT (Network UPS Tools):
http://www.networkupstools.org/
It works with the APCs (I have a bunch of them at work), but also with
other bran
Gavin Haslett wrote:
> So that if your battery goes dead, the machine can shut itself down
> cleanly... Thus protecting your data :)
>
If you get one smart ups (one that can tell your host about the
batteries) then run a network based ups monitoring tool such as nut you
can add dumb upses (much
Phill Edwards wrote:
to the PC that was plugged into it. The PC would never know there'd
been a power cut unless the UPS batteries ran out. So why does the PC
When the UPS is about to run out of batteries it needs to tell the PC to
shutdown gracefully. Much nicer than just cutting the power.
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] UPS's and 24x7 MythBoxen...
> The software that you want to google for is "apcupsd". It's better
> than the official APC software in my opinion.
I obviously know nothing about UPS's, so my question is why is software
required at all?
> The software that you want to google for is "apcupsd". It's better
> than the official APC software in my opinion.
I obviously know nothing about UPS's, so my question is why is
software required at all? I thought how a UPS worked was that it
monitored the power supply itself and if it detected
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 07:50:35PM -0300, Paul Pick wrote:
BTW: I'll second the opinion that apcupsd is better than the
apc power* software.
Heh. I didn't even know that APC had their own Linux software. The
only complaint I have with the apcupsd p
On 7/27/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Heh. I didn't even know that APC had their own Linux software. The
> only complaint I have with the apcupsd package is that I have a laser
> printer that causes brown-outs on the basement circuit, so every time
> someone in the house prin
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 07:50:35PM -0300, Paul Pick wrote:
> BTW: I'll second the opinion that apcupsd is better than the
> apc power* software.
Heh. I didn't even know that APC had their own Linux software. The
only complaint I have with the apcupsd package is that I have a laser
prin
> so, i was wondering what types of UPS systems are other MythUsers
> using? and what would you recommend?
I just bought an APC RS1500. Ironically, I *just* did a pull-the plug
test on it :)
http://www.apcupsd.com/
I agree with those who recommend APC. And, the apcupd installed and
worked fla
> i'm using ext3 on system partitions and
> XFS on all others so i 'should' be safe (as safe as can be). but
> since i haven't had to deal with system shutdowns on a system i
> 'cared' about in the past i wanted to be sure and double check the
> partitions for any damage. so far things have start
On 7/27/05, Andrew Close <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 7/27/05, Michael Carland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > On Jul 27, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Andrew Close wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > i currently have one MythBox up and running in our home production
> > > environment. :) now that the new season of
On 7/27/05, Michael Carland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Jul 27, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Andrew Close wrote:
>
> >
> > i currently have one MythBox up and running in our home production
> > environment. :) now that the new season of SG-1, Atlantis &
> > Battlestar Galactica has started i freak o
On Jul 27, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Andrew Close wrote:
i currently have one MythBox up and running in our home production
environment. :) now that the new season of SG-1, Atlantis &
Battlestar Galactica has started i freak out whenever there is a blip
in the power at our house. in the past week o
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 11:45:15AM -0500, Andrew Close wrote:
> On 7/27/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am using an APC "Back-UPS ES 725". It talks to the Linux box via USB
> > cable so that the box is always aware of the UPS battery capacity and
> > will automatically perfo
Common in mobo's for a while now.
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Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] UPS's and 24x7 MythBoxen...
On 7/27/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 11:18:58AM -0500, Andrew Close wrote:
> > so, i was wondering what types of UPS systems are other MythUsers
> > using? and what would you recommend?
>
> I am using an APC "Back-UPS ES 725". It talks to the Linux b
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 11:18:58AM -0500, Andrew Close wrote:
> so, i was wondering what types of UPS systems are other MythUsers
> using? and what would you recommend?
I am using an APC "Back-UPS ES 725". It talks to the Linux box via USB
cable so that the box is always aware of the UPS batter
>
> so, i was wondering what types of UPS systems are other MythUsers
> using? and what would you recommend?
I use a large APC SmartUPS 2200RM on my backend (and fileserver, and
pbx...), and a BackUPS pro 300 on each of my 2 frontends. Really any
of the better-known brands (Liebert, Tripplite,
Hey all,
This is kinda off-topic, but pertains to my MythBox, and i figured
others may have run into this as well...
i currently have one MythBox up and running in our home production
environment. :) now that the new season of SG-1, Atlantis &
Battlestar Galactica has started i freak out wheneve
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