[access-uk] Re: Need UPS recomendation

  • From: David W Wood <g3yxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 15:54:44 +0100

Andrew

have you looked at Maplin?

David


In message <2BACE92041AA764B9733158AE322541702BF75@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ly.org>, access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes
>Hi,
>
>I don't wish to go over 1000VA.  I am quite happy with 5 minutes on
>battery power.  The switch is probably one of the drainers - it is an
>old 24 port switch I picked up at a computer fair with 2 internal fans!
>Other than that the other stuff is all low voltage except for the two
>servers, one of which can manage without UPS protection.
>
>At present I have the following in the server cupboard:
>
>- 2 servers
>- DSL router
>- Firewall
>- 24 port switch
>- Wireless access point (108 mbps)
>- Cheap NAS drive which I use for backups
>
>As I said I really only want the backup for the main server, the other
>server is not critical.  The other devices can just be powered off
>(unfortunately the NAS doesn't support UPS which is annoying).
>
>At present this all runs through a Belkin 8 way surge protector, and we
>have lost data recently due to the storms overhead - we had a nasty
>power issue around a month ago which damaged one of the drives in the
>main server, I am getting a new server since a friend is giving me a
>huge discount on one with mirrored drives etc.
>
>Thanks.
>Andrew.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>Of George Bell
>Sent: 23 July 2005 19:05
>To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [access-uk] Re: Need UPS recomendation
>
>Hi Andrew,
>
>Wow!  It sounds like you might need a big one.
>
>Any idea of output wattage, and also how long you will need it to run in
>order to allow enough time for proper power off?
>
>George. 
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew
>Hodgson
>> Sent: 23 July 2005 18:56
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Need UPS recommendation
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Anyone here using a UPS and which are you using?  Want to protect 
>> about
>> 5 pieces of equipment, and want notification management to
>
>> enable server to shutdown when power goes off etc.
>> 
>> Any suggestions?
>> Thanks.
>> Andrew.
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