From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 3 22:44:58 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 ACCDD16A420 for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2006 22:44:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from petermatulis@yahoo.ca) Received: from web60013.mail.yahoo.com (web60013.mail.yahoo.com [209.73.178.76]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EDFB643D46 for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2006 22:44:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from petermatulis@yahoo.ca) Received: (qmail 3703 invoked by uid 60001); 3 Feb 2006 22:44:57 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.ca; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=t+1mGOL2XCeHtvrPuFUNtHau/Nc4gNf5boTuHfn2YL8iF4bg48pCPFcHZNZNQV7vBch8y7doqlDanLfxBWyNzhSXvIUeH9S1Vy3DHYj4ziAf1bh6/v5+AclPMnpCUdHYJuPddQGlEpVTx4K/Jp+7W/5281GqbrHQrg9pVvydZLU= ; Message-ID: <20060203224457.3701.qmail@web60013.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [216.252.85.9] by web60013.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 03 Feb 2006 17:44:57 EST Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 17:44:57 -0500 (EST) From: Peter To: freebsd-questions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: 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 22:44:58 -0000 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 __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca