From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 3 23:04:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9E6E16A420 for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2006 23:04:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lars@gmx.at) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1963143D45 for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2006 23:04:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lars@gmx.at) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 03 Feb 2006 23:04:47 -0000 Received: from 88.252.62.81.cust.bluewin.ch (EHLO [192.168.1.10]) [81.62.252.88] by mail.gmx.net (mp019) with SMTP; 04 Feb 2006 00:04:47 +0100 X-Authenticated: #912863 Message-ID: <43E3E196.8070101@gmx.at> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 00:04:54 +0100 From: lars User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060203) MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-questions References: <20060203224457.3701.qmail@web60013.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060203224457.3701.qmail@web60013.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Subject: Re: choosing a UPS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 23:04:50 -0000 Peter wrote: > I am in the market for a UPS to effect automatic shutdown (via DB9) of a > file server (which will run FreeBSD 6.0). I have noticed some large price > fluctuations and I don't understand why. I am comparing units of equal > strength, say 750 VA. Any comments on what I should be looking for? > > -- > Peter see /usr/ports/sysutils/nut and http://www.networkupstools.org/compat/stable.html