From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 28 17:44:18 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 24D51E9D for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:44:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from luigi.brtsvcs.net (luigi.brtsvcs.net [204.109.60.246]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F2CACCC8 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:44:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from chombo.houseloki.net (unknown [IPv6:2601:7:2580:674:21c:c0ff:fe7f:96ee]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by luigi.brtsvcs.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D559C2D4F8D; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:44:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [IPv6:2601:7:2580:674:baca:3aff:fe83:bd29] (ivy.libssl.so [IPv6:2601:7:2580:674:baca:3aff:fe83:bd29]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by chombo.houseloki.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 428E91609; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 09:44:14 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5478B46C.10903@bluerosetech.com> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 09:44:12 -0800 From: Darren Pilgrim Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Pathiakis , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UPS for FreeBSD References: <54777AB1.9010800@bluerosetech.com> <54779629.302@bluerosetech.com> <54789AF3.7090100@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <54789AF3.7090100@yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:44:18 -0000 On 11/28/2014 7:55 AM, Paul Pathiakis via freebsd-questions wrote: >> A 750VA or 1000VA SmartUPS can be had for around $250, and every now >> and the big box stores and Walmart carry them for around $300. Not >> too bad considering what you get. > > Again, these UPSes are not double sine wave, they are stepped. You're confusing the SmartUPS SC series with real SmartUPS. We can blame APC for co-opting their own brand. The SmartUPS SC series is just rebadged BackUPS units. > You can > get one for cheap, but, again, how much value do you place on your > server and the information it has? If you're looking at APC, you have > to look at their 'server class' UPS. They start (I think) at 1500VA and > about $850. SmartUPS SMT750, 750VA, sine output. Available for about $250 online or about $300 B&M. > Also, someone mentioned Eaton, I've had several. The story with each of > them is bad. The electronics failed in each instance and Eaton was not > helpful at all. They told me they would send a 'technician' for $175/hr > to just diagnose the problem. No thanks.... Negativity bias. Please keep this thread limited to factual information. > As I said, the Opti-UPS I > got was cheap... 2000VA 1400W and was $900 shipped to me. You'll need to be more specific. Opti-UPS makes both stepped and sine products.