travisbickle

Would there be any circumstances in which I might need to kill power to the (UPS connected) server? I ask this because it would be a pain for me to move it out of the way to disconnect the UPS. If the UPS were connected to a smart plug, I could just turn it off via the appropriate app.

So I have recently purchased a CyberPower UPS on which I am planning on plugging my self-build unraid NAS as well as my router and a Raspberry Pi which will act as a VPN server. I would like to monitor energy usage of the server but am unsure as to the configuration that is best recommended in this scenario. Should I plug the server into a smart plug and then plug that smart plug into the UPS? Would that potentially interfere with graceful shutdown? The NAS is going to be positioned in a place where I will not have easy access to the wall outlet. Would it therefore be better to plug the UPS into the smartplug at the wall (I realise that energy usage would then also include that of the router and the Raspberry Pi) in the instance that I ever need to kill power to the UPS? Or is this not advised?

I suppose it's not worth taking the risk. Any other relatively low-cost options out there?

Any progress on this Jammy?

Hi Newbie here. Have you had any further luck getting this working? Looking to purchase a UPS for my first ever Unraid build and would prefer not to shell out too much for it. This seems like a good value unit.