[CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed

Tue Feb 3 08:51:32 UTC 2009
Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu at orgfarm.uu.se>

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>From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf
Of
>John R Pierce
>Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 9:52 PM
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>Subject: Re: [CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed
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>Sorin Srbu wrote:
>> I've been buying from the Smart-UPS and Back-UPS range. Those should be ok,
>> shouldn't they?
>
>
>SmartUPS, OK.   BackUPS, cheap consumer junk.
>
>I've had to toss out dozens of various BackUPS units, mostly in the
>450-600VA range...  They act like they have a dead/weak battery, so I
>replace the battery with a brand new one, and the unit is dead.  They
>are typically 2-3 years old at this point, so hardly worth bothering with.

The APC UPS we still have left is a smallish SmartUPS. I exchanged the battery
a couple of months ago. UPS still working fine as far as I can tell. Guess
you're right, I'll stay away from the BackUPS-range, if we ever buy APC again.
8-/

Reason for getting BackUPS at all, was that I got more VA's for the buck. The
funding I had at the time was very low. Didn't pay off in the long run, which
I pointed out to my boss... ;-)

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