Greetings! On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 09:47:25 +0200 "Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was wondering if its possible to have 2 Debian boxes sharing > a single UPS ? Its a 650Pro - made by APC. Depending on the boxes 650 VA might be a bit small/underpowered. Standard office PCs (no fancy/overclocked CPU or graphics, single HD) should be okay, heavy servers (multi-CPU, double/triple powersupply, RAIDs, ...) definitely not. In-between: depends. Power consumption considerations aside you probably will want to have your boxes shut down cleanly in case of power failure. One possibility is to shut down the "slave" via network (see apcupsd docs for this) - or use multiple serial cables. For this APC recommends one of their multi-port repeaters. Adventurous people might grab a soldering iron and try to simply y-cable the signal lines. Beware: this will not work at all in"smart" signaling mode and is not supported by APC Corp. Bye Volker Tanger IT-Security Consulting -- discon gmbh Wrangelstraße 100 D-10997 Berlin Telefon (030) 6104-3307 Telefax (030) 6104-3435 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.discon.de/
