On Nov 14, 2007 9:31 AM, Mike <azmr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I get 3+ hours of run time from this combination (RS1500 plus external > BR24BP battery): > > http://reviews.compusa.com/2795/568415/reviews.htm > > The measured power consumption of the singler server that this backs up is > only 115 watts, pretty low generally speaking. > > I use a usb cable between the RS1500 and the server. I've configured > apcupsd to page me when several different events happen, power out, power > restored etc. > > The downside of the RS1500 and apcupsd is that 9 times out of 10 it > triggers a shutdown long before the battery is even close to exhausted. > To prevent this I replaced the shutdown script with a script that does > nothing. Never did find a more elegant solution. > > In any case this may not be the UPS for you but this works well for me. > Someone can almsost always get to the server if the "Power restored" page > doesn't come in within 2 hours of power out... I also use an RS/XS 1500 + extra battery to keep several PCs and other networking odds and ends up. With all this junk running it holds up for over 1 hour and if I'm away and have monitors off and shutdown one of the three PCs it lasts over 2 hous. This has been a very good UPS for a very small network. I monitor it from a RHEL5 box and don't bother with extra packages ... just use HAL directly and have a small script to notify me of events ... I deal with shutdowns as needed rather than relying on the UPS as well. John
