[ADMIN] When it rains...

[nacelp]

Put us down for $20, if we can't get enough to contribute to make at least
240, I'll donate more.
Bruce



> > 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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