USB monitors and unraid?

[whitewraith]

Hey all I do not have a monitor connected to unraid because I usually remote in to the web interface.  However I live in Ca and we have rolling brown outs this time of year, is there a way to use an AOC usb monitor with unraid?  I would like to be able to plug it in while my server is on my battery back up and shut it down properly before it loses power totally.

[trurl]

Why can't you have your server shutdown automatically when UPS goes to battery? That is what most of us do. What UPS do you have?

[whitewraith]

i wouldnt mind doing that, how do i set that up?

13 hours ago, trurl said:

Why can't you have your server shutdown automatically when UPS goes to battery? That is what most of us do. What UPS do you have?

 

[trurl]

13 hours ago, trurl said:

What UPS do you have?

 

[whitewraith]

4 minutes ago, trurl said:

I have a APC 1000, its 600 W so it lasts about 15 min if the power goes out.

 

[trurl]

9 minutes ago, whitewraith said:

how do i set that up?

Settings - UPS Settings

[JonathanM]

15 minutes ago, whitewraith said:

I have a APC 1000, its 600 W so it lasts about 15 min if the power goes out.

You should try not to discharge below 50% if possible for best overall battery life, so you will probably need to set Unraid to shut down after the power is out for at most 5 minutes so everything has time to shut down completely before you run below 50% battery.

 

Keep in mind that consumer type battery backups are only meant to provide for a clean shutdown, if you are trying to keep your rig running through an outage you need a different setup.

[trurl]

And another reason to not let it run down. It needs to have enough charge left to let it shutdown cleanly if you get another power outage before it can recharge.

[JonathanM]

Recharging typically takes 10 to 20 times longer than the discharge, so if it's running on battery for 10 minutes, it probably won't be back to full capacity for 3 or so hours.