[ADMIN] When it rains...

[Jon V.]

On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, nacelp wrote:

> The little guys and I could cough up someting toward a UPS.
> What do they cost, for what your doing?.
> Grumpy

$100 will get a UPS that will run the server for about 5 minutes.

Around $200-$240 for the minimum that is worth bothering with. It will
probably keep things running for 10-13 minutes, maybe a tad longer, and
will have an interface to tell the server to shut down when the power
doesn't come right back up, preventing data loss and speeding the restart.

As I said, it wouldn't have helped in this case -- at 40 minutes we would
have been down hard for at least 25 minutes regardless -- but we had one
incident before the official switch-over that would have been prevented...
and there will be more.

And Orin wrote:
> I have an old APC that could be used as a trade-in, but I guess
> those you already have could be used for that.
>
> Yes, I think we should try to buy one.

I've got a unit that can be traded in, which will help with the price at
least somewhat. If somebody has a good place to buy, or model
recommendations I'd love to hear'em. I'll do some shopping and see what
prices I can find...

...and if they seem reasonable, I'll pick one up and post a message saying
what it cost for anyone who wants to chip in.

-Jon

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