On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 15:59 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 14:19 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > > > >> > >>So, you know how long your system takes to shut down, and you > >>have your system configured to request how much more up time > >>the UPS has, and based on that your system waits until the > >>last moment, then does an unconditional shut down. Is that > >>what you are saying? > >> > >>I'm asking about your system and how it is set up. > > > > ---- > > > > [snip] > > > system estimates approximately 30 minutes run time on battery and will shutdown (run level 6) when battery level reaches 5% > > I suppose that this means that you have your UPS configured to > signal imminent power loss at 5%, and that's when you system > shuts down. Hmm. 5% of 30 minutes is 1.5 minutes. Can your > system reliably shut down in 1.5 minutes? Mine cannot. ---- this is 4 servers on one UPS system and the 'router' will shut down real quick which will increase the time for the rest of them - but they are pretty fast servers. ---- > > What has this to do with monitoring line conditions or other > extended conversations with the UPS? ---- I believe someone else remarked that this info is available via snmp as well. Craig