From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 18 20:43:10 2005 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 3824116A41F for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 20:43:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D804A43D45 for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 20:43:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2) with ESMTP id jAIKh938024839; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:43:09 -0500 (EST) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2/Submit) id jAIKh9UK024838; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:43:09 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200511182043.jAIKh9UK024838@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: kiffin@gish.demon.nl (Kiffin Gish) Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:43:09 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <1132345208.27866.2.camel@localhost> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL7] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UPS advice, please ... 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, 18 Nov 2005 20:43:10 -0000 > > I have a couple web servers running FreeBSD 5.x and need to protect them > against power outages. > > These are two simple machines running at home so nothing fancy. Just > some way to do a power down neatly so the shutdown has time to clean up. > > What do I need and where can I look for more detailed information. The APC company web page has, amongst a lot of typical self congradulation, a sort of UPS calculator that will tell you what model of its product it recommends. If you don't want to buy APC, you can take the specs from the model it comes up with and shop it around. We mostly use APC here and they seem to work. ////jerry > > -- > Kiffin Gish > Gouda, The Netherlands > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >