[K12OSN] Which UPS is best for Linux

[Mark Sarria]

Is acpupsd included with Fedora, or does it come as part of the APC software
bundle?

Thanks

Mark Sarria
Sylmar High School
LAUSD
(818) 367-0299
 

-----Original Message-----
From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf
Of Mike Ely
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 8:59 AM
To: Support list for opensource software in schools.
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Which UPS is best for Linux

Calvin Dodge wrote:
> On 4/20/06, Mark Sarria <mes4294 at lausd.k12.ca.us> wrote:
>> I am in the process of purchasing a UPS for my server. I need it to be
rack
>> mounted and work with Fedora Core 3 any suggestions on which model or
Brand
>> works best with Linux?
> 
> APC seems to be the best of the brands which I _know_ to work with
> Linux. My experience suggests that if you use APC, you're better off
> using "apcupsd" (in Fedora Extras, IIRC) than "nut".
> 
> Falcon UPSes are probably of a higher quality than APC. Falcon says it
> has Linux based UPS software, but I have no experience with it, so I
> can't give you a definite "works with Fedora" recommendation.
> 
> Both APC and Falcon have rack-mount UPSes. You can expect them to cost
> a chunk more than the equivalent tower or box models.
> 
> Calvin

I'm going to second Calvin's recommendation to use acpupsd and APC UPS 
devices.  I've run these on Debian and SuSE with very good results, and 
the daemon is very configurable with a lot of options set right by default.

I've run APC units for several years now, and the worst thing I've seen 
them do is have the batteries wear out, but they're easy enough to swap 
out when that inevitably happens.

Cheers,
Mike

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