From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 5 23:47:28 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3174106566B for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:47:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93F768FC1D for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:47:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) id m25NlPIs032870; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 17:47:25 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 17:47:25 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: Daniel Feenberg Message-ID: <20080305234725.GB2046@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20080305154351.fc53a07b.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20080305171739.1f51a11a.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <47CF2246.5050007@daleco.biz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-OS: FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Bill Moran Subject: Re: faster booting 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: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:47:28 -0000 In the last episode (Mar 05), Daniel Feenberg said: > As for the suggestion that we delay the clients, we plan to enable > memory testing in the BIOS of the clients to delay the first request > for dhcp services. Any delays placed later in the boot sequence won't > help with the problem. Another option could be to place this machine on a dedicated UPS of its own with a larger battery to ensure that it stays up even after your site UPS fails. APC's web page has a page that can suggest a UPS based on server type and uptime requirements. If it's a small enough server, you can get 24 hours out of a $1500 1KVA UPS. http://www.apcc.com/tools/ups_selector/index.cfm -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com