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Date:      Tue, 22 Oct 2002 17:32:01 -0500
From:      "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net>
To:        "DaleCo, S.P.---'the solutions people'" <daleco@daleco.biz>, "Marko Cuk" <cuk@cuk.nu>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Choosing UPS for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.20021022173201.014efb90@mail.sage-one.net>
In-Reply-To: <055a01c27a16$5b314520$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable>
References:  <3.0.5.32.20021022110727.014efb90@mail.sage-one.net>

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At 04:59 PM 10.22.2002 -0500, DaleCo, S.P.---'the solutions people' wrote:
>From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net>
>To: "Marko Cuk" <cuk@cuk.nu>; <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 11:07 AM
>Subject: Re: Choosing UPS for FreeBSD
>
>
>> At 05:44 PM 10.22.2002 +0200, Marko Cuk wrote:
>> >Which UPS do you recomend and wich has the best support for
>FreeBSD ?
>> >
>> >I'd like to have UPS connected to network and SNMP / WEB
>monitoring, etc...
>> >
>> >Cuk
>> >
>> >
>> I have been using apcupsd from the ports for a long time and works
>for me
>> on all FBSD and Windows boxen. Others swear by NUT. It's a matter
>of
>> preference I guess. Both are similar in function I believe.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Jack L. Stone,
>> Administrator
>>
>And what UPS hardware?  Or do these programs support "all" ;-) ?
>
>KDK
>

"support" is not that simple to answer since there are SmartUPS and dumb
UPS and depends on what you want to spend/configure. apcupsd supports the
popular brands and I usually go with APC SmartUPS which can communicate
over the cables. The "dumb" UPS are very limited and the cables are pretty
useless.

When I first looked and evaluated, I went to the ports and there within the
ports in the info files you will usually find the website URLs to go to.
There is a tremendous amount of docs explaining everything at the sites. I
know apcups is this way and I suspect NUT is too.....

Just don't expect too much out of the dumb UPS units and if you have the
budget, go with APC SmartPRO or SmartUPS.... the configuring will be
easier....

Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Administrator

SageOne Net
http://www.sage-one.net
jackstone@sage-one.net

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