At Fri, 1 Jul 2011 09:23:31 -0400 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > > Robert Heller wrote: > >> At Fri, 1 Jul 2011 12:26:10 +0100 (BST) CentOS mailing list > >> <centos at centos.org> wrote: > >> > >>> On Fri, 1 Jul 2011, Timothy Murphy wrote: > >>> > >>>> I have a CentOS-5.6 remote server in a house in Italy, > >>>> where there are occasional thunder-storms. > >>>> > >>>> There was one yesterday, when the electricity > >>>> went off 3 times, for a second or so on each occasion. > <snip> > >> With a non-Linux compatable UPS, you can use a old analog serial modem > <snip> > > Another solution could be cheap router with IP not pluged into UPS. If > > server can not ping that IP, you would shut it down, via script. > > *shrug* I think all the UPSs I've seen for consumers in the last five > years seem to have a USB port to go to the computer. That, and apcupsd, > are all you need. APC UPSes are supported by apcupsd. Other brands, not so much. Some (read: cheaper models) have their own special protocol and don't include Linux support. These solutions are intended for the cheaper or otherwise 'unsupported' UPSes. It *sounds* like the OP does not need something smart and is probably looking for something cheap. > > mark > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / heller at deepsoft.com Deepwoods Software -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments