From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Mar 14 16: 8:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from portnoy.lbl.gov (portnoy.lbl.gov [131.243.2.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A301F37B71C for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2001 16:08:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jin@portnoy.lbl.gov) Received: (from jin@localhost) by portnoy.lbl.gov (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f2F08bh25540; Wed, 14 Mar 2001 16:08:37 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 16:08:37 -0800 (PST) From: Jin Guojun (DSD staff) Message-Id: <200103150008.f2F08bh25540@portnoy.lbl.gov> To: bartequi@inwind.it, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: UPS & related software Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I had been searching the archives and I was wondering which UPS & UPS > software suited my bloat^H^H^H^Hworkstation best. > > I seem to understand that APC is a possibility, and it should work with > the upsd demon (found in the ports collection). I am looking for a 400 > (up to 600) VA UPS. This is my experience: APC PRO-500 : rated 350W During CA blackout, it failed to drive 180W (1 CPU and 1 Monitor .6~.8 + .7 = max 1.5A (120V) (bought 20s: pretty much similar tested after our power blackout) I am not sure how is their 220V UPS. We switched to bestpower Patriot Pro-II which does what it says in its spec. > Which ones would you recommend, or have you been using ? BTW, I live in > Italy (AC is ~ 220V, 50Hz). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message