UPS Support?

[goofygrin]

On my current server (10 320 gig drives IDE raid 5), I'm out of space and for a new server I'm evaluating unRaid (I like the expansion ability ).

 

Anyway, my current server is wired in with nut on gentoo, and I was wondering if unRaid supported UPSes?  Basically, I like the server to shut itself down if the UPS is about out of juice.  This was important last week when the power was out for 6 hours...

 

Thanks!

[BillK]

At the present time...no.  But Tom has indicated he's looking into it (although I'm not sure what release).

[goofygrin]

Ugh.  Nut took me like 5 minutes to set up... and that includes getting it from portage.

 

[I. M. Fletcher]

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=266.0

 

As you can see, the wishlist is long.  Not sure where UPS is in the line, but I know there are some things above it in priority (like security features and managed shares).    UPS has been a priority for some people for a long time, so let your voice be heard and maybe Tom will move it up the list.

[teamhood]

I really, really want this added to the server. One of the few things that irks me about the server.

[tomb]

There is an opensource tool for the APC USB UPS out there.  It could be built and run as a daemon within the unRaid system easily.  I may play around and do a howto and get the binaries built.

[goofygrin]

Nut works that same way.

 

Here's the Gentoo NUT Howto: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_NUT

 

 

[dabl]

Another vote to make ups support a priority

[gravymaker]

Another vote to make ups support a priority

 

Same here.  I'm using APC at the moment, also have Belkin in the house.

[goofygrin]

don't agree. A gracefull shutdown, after the rest of the house has been without power for a couple of hours, is not my personal priority.

Security, security, security (add the image of a Microsoft executive monkeydance).

then email failure notification.

/Rene

 

 

You wouldn't feel that way if you lost a couple drives in your array when the power went out...  Don't ask how I know [grrrr]

[goofygrin]

spinning disk + loss of power can equal head crash into the platters (now new drives are supposed to be better about this, but still)...

 

When I lived in Venezuela, we had all sorts of power issues and weird things would happen.  Here in the states, I rarely lose power, but in the summer, the brownouts can be bad (with everyone's AC running).

 

Anyway, it's your data.

[gnollo]

Last time I checked, Tom was still working on UPS support, and he had his feet propped up on one of these as he was typing his reply to me....

 

http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=SC1000&fnl=4607,5&fnl_basket=4607,6c