John Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 11:34:35AM -0600, Gary L. Hennigan wrote > > Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [snip] > > > Unresolved questions: > > > > > > - What do we get for smart mode? I presume more info about the > > > state of the UPS and the line condition gets to the user > > > software. But can the Linux software display it? > > > > If you get the APC Back-UPS pro and use apcupsd in smart mode it > > can. The main advantage is that it can get an estimate of how long > > your system can run on the battery from the UPS. In dumb mode most of > > the UPS software immediately shuts down a system when a power outage > > is detected. In smart mode, with the right software, the system will > > stay up until the battery gets low. > > > > One thing you *don't* seem to get with vendor-supplied stuff > is support for multiple workstations on one UPS, as you get with > upsd. Is that changing?
Just FYI, apcupsd is not a vendor-supplied product and it handles multiple Linux computers attached to it quite nicely. I have two machines hooked up to it and while it hasn't had to operate yet, I tested it and it shut both machines down just fine. Gary
