UPS for a single system using apcupsd.

[fredex]

On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 07:43:33PM -0500, Bob Cahn wrote:
> I'm contemplating buying an APC Back-UPS ES Battery Backup (BE500U). 
> >From reading the HOWTOs there appears to be the APC UPS daemon at
> www2.apcupsd.com.  Can anyone advise if this is a simple or a complex
> project.  I lose power about once every 2 weeks in winter and it's only
> a matter of time before the disk gets zapped.

I don't have any experience with APC units, but I have a Tripplite
here that works fine. The software provided by Tripplite also works
fine on Linux.

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