[K12OSN] is there a UPS known to work with K12LTSP?

[Calvin Dodge]

On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 08:56:35AM -0800, Huck wrote:
> UPS's are really to keep the machine alive when there is a power outage 
> =) and then when UPS runs out of juice to call a clean shutdown.
> so you don't have a fatal crash(happened just 2 days ago to me)
> a little fsck later everything was back up and running.
> and I thought APC made one with a serial interface for linux.

The apcupsd daemon can communicate with some USB-based APC units.

For an LTSP server, I'd shy away from the consumer-type APC units
(the flat grey units with plugs on the top).  I'd suggest something
in the range of 1000VA or larger (with plugs in the back).

Calvin
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