UPS

[Radiopaque]

Hi,

 

I am considering a UPS to protect my server. I also have a home automation server, i.e. a different machine that should also be protected with a UPS. Since I am a complete newbie on the matter of UPS, I have two very basic questions.

 

1. Can I use ONE UPS for both computers? They would both have to shut down gracefully if power is interrupted for more than, let's say, five minutes.

 

2. Are there important issues when choosing the brand? I live in the Netherlands, if that is important here. Of course, I need to know the estimated power consumption of the Tower, but I would like to know if there is a brand/type of UPS that integrates without too much hassle with unraid...

 

Thanks!

 

Mark

 

[prostuff1]

Check out the unRAID wiki and the Topical Index to get links on discussions about UPS's that work best with unRAID.

[Joe L.]

Also... make special note of this thread... The apcupsd process on the unRAID server can send signals over the LAN to other PCs and tell them to shut down in an extended outage.

 

This network protocol over the LAN is specifically to let you share a single UPS with multiple PCs plugged into it...  or even to shut down remote PCs attached to other UPS that are not "smart"

 

Joe L.

[jimwhite]

can this network protocol interact with non-Linux (i.e. Windows) box ??

[Joe L.]

can this network protocol interact with non-Linux (i.e. Windows) box ??

Absolutely... as illustrated in the thread I linked to in the prior post I made.

 

Joe L

[Radiopaque]

Also... make special note of this thread... The apcupsd process on the unRAID server can send signals over the LAN to other PCs and tell them to shut down in an extended outage.

 

This network protocol over the LAN is specifically to let you share a single UPS with multiple PCs plugged into it...  or even to shut down remote PCs attached to other UPS that are not "smart"

 

Joe L.

 

Extremely cool! Thank you :-)