David Pashley wrote: > On Mar 07, 2007 at 15:23, Eamonn Sullivan praised the llamas by saying: >> Hi all, >> >> I've just built a home/soho server and I'm hoping someone here could >> help me with a couple of questions. It's a headless server (dual-core, >> three 320GB hard drive with RAID5) where I'm running the increasingly >> complicated applications that I use for home and work. It runs the >> MoinMoin wiki, BackupPC, subversion and Samba filesharing, supportingr >> two Ubuntu PCs, an iMac and a laptop. (I have five children in >> secondary/college/university, a busy nurse wife and I use the wiki and >> subversion from both home and work -- that network gets *heavy* >> use...) >> >> I'm thinking of using a UPC for the first time. Quick questions: >> >> - The server has a 500W power supply (an Antec Phantom), although I >> did that on the hope that an overpowered power supply will be quieter >> (and it's very quiet). Does that mean I need a UPS rated at 500W or >> would a smaller one be OK? The £80-range ones do something like 380 >> watts. The 500W ones quickly get into the £200 range. > > I have around 4 computers hanging off a 700VA APC SmartUPS, including > one with an Antec power supply, and it's not fully loaded yet. 380VA > should be more than enough for one server. >> >> - Am I correct that, even in Feisty, all UPS-related software is in >> universe? There's no fully-supported way of monitoring and reacting to >> UPS signals? >> >> - Does anyone have any recommendations on UPS/software combos? >> > I have always liked APC SmartUPSs. I believe NUT is the software de > jour.
NUT? I will look for it. I have an apc 500va ups and I see that APC have predicted time holdup information on their site. http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm http://www.apc.com/products/runtime_for_extendedruntime.cfm?upsfamily=17 I use the APC UPS only to be able to shut down a PC elegantly. I do not attempt to continue using it. I also usually do not powere the crt monitor from the ups either. In a power cut I just need the tidy shutdown I think. The APC ups I have has a USB connection to communicate with the PC, and using the (repositories) I use the package apcupsd I know the PC does go through a shutdown sequence. However, since my previous experience was (suse) where a distro offered good pre configuartion (no work on my part :-) ) I am still a bit out of my depth when it comes to various simple tasks in related activities. (I will post in more detail soon I guess) -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
