>-----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 >To: CentOS mailing list >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... ;-) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 5126 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090203/bae5ee94/attachment-0005.bin>