From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 15 07:35:07 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 465E292A for ; Tue, 15 Oct 2013 07:35:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yudi.tux@gmail.com) Received: from mail-la0-x22c.google.com (mail-la0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c03::22c]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C5822293A for ; Tue, 15 Oct 2013 07:35:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f44.google.com with SMTP id eo20so6651751lab.3 for ; Tue, 15 Oct 2013 00:35:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=CHw2uPUhwD3WysIwCuNYtmVwl4urbLNqJXr/3gCLA4U=; b=Oe1dxlNsjpWLNfxL/vsZJXgVntI1CGy+e7GsyKB1PWdIqqFoc+c82yYHcn1AfFOtzR W/3pZiDtQBcmTqJKxbFTrc86Le7aM2jUSOva12RmLndVp0W/GxnpMHj5PhYZoK6t9iX4 4Q3WawfdWnLvttIXsHuOJ8U9EDIqi3BDuLTtZUH1DFrrF+/fj7Xs0EoUq+IE6En1dbx/ ycVUhwid2/E0DsOFIHilrShudoMIVj5I0WfyfGZn1lePBMZ1ZlcUMVwwbXMWqpXZSQKy arwafkj/shleb2yvTuNn8KiyKMwmKUiIH+SapbnFVpJFg9Aw/idgj76vwVBcfcCW7prS bzUw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.14.3 with SMTP id l3mr10278115lbc.27.1381822504448; Tue, 15 Oct 2013 00:35:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.82.4 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Oct 2013 00:35:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20131015134826.528289be@X220.ovitrap.com> References: <20131015134826.528289be@X220.ovitrap.com> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:35:04 +1000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: UPS buying suggestion From: yudi v To: Erich Dollansky Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 07:35:07 -0000 yes, but it does not tell you how long the UPS will be able to support > the 400W. It sounds to me that > I only need it to shutdown the system cleanly, so I am guessing less than 5mins is more than enough. > As you need the current anyway, I would use an ampere meter to > determine the exact current drawn. I got already some surprises there. > > I would sugggest an UPS above 1000VA. I have currently this in use: > > > I think 1000VA is overkill for a little server, I am going to get this power monitor and see what the exact numbers are and then decide. -- Kind regards, Yudi