May 9, 200719 yr 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!
May 10, 200719 yr At the present time...no. But Tom has indicated he's looking into it (although I'm not sure what release).
May 10, 200719 yr Author Ugh. Nut took me like 5 minutes to set up... and that includes getting it from portage.
May 11, 200719 yr 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.
May 11, 200719 yr I really, really want this added to the server. One of the few things that irks me about the server.
May 13, 200719 yr 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.
May 13, 200719 yr Author Nut works that same way. Here's the Gentoo NUT Howto: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_NUT
May 23, 200719 yr Another vote to make ups support a priority Same here. I'm using APC at the moment, also have Belkin in the house.
May 24, 200719 yr Author 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]
May 24, 200719 yr Author 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.
May 25, 200719 yr 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
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