[CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed

Tue Feb 3 09:29:41 UTC 2009
Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com>

On Tuesday 03 February 2009 08:51:32 Sorin Srbu wrote:
> >-----Original Message-----
> >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
> >
> >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... ;-)

Actually, I have one box attached to a BackUPS that is about 15 years old, and 
has never had a replacement battery.  It holds the box through power 
variations, and can supply power for a couple of minutes - enough to allow a 
shutdown, since that box is never running unattended.  I got it when we 
upgraded the company one - it was our (the company's) first, attached to the 
file-server, so replaced at a reasonable age.

Anne
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