[CentOS] A problem with power outages

[Timothy Murphy]

William Warren wrote:

> in the apc software(or nut worst case) you'll be able to specify that
> after x minutes it will shutdown.  Better to have a clean shutdown and
> have to hit the power button than a dirty one and risk corrupting your
> filesystem.

Unfortunately I won't be there to "hit the power button".
If I were there would be no need for UPS.

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