From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 20 01:25:04 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 35C0816A41F for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 01:25:04 +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 CF15843D49 for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 01:25:03 +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 jAK1P338028305; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 20:25:03 -0500 (EST) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2/Submit) id jAK1P2DE028304; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 20:25:02 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200511200125.jAK1P2DE028304@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: chad@shire.net (Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC) Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 20:25:02 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <95D3E465-A899-4172-9A71-303AAEA3F8C9@shire.net> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL7] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Free BSD Questions list , Kiffin Gish 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: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 01:25:04 -0000 > > > On Nov 19, 2005, at 1:03 PM, Kiffin Gish wrote: > > > And which one do you recommend? > > > > I have two mini-towers, one an old dell dimension 650R 200W and > > another > > clone anthlon-xp 300W. > > > > Do I need two UPS or can I get one which can service these two > > machines? > > In your case I would get two so that each machine can be signaled to > separately and if it is a two way street reply separately. I have > never used the UPS daemons so don't know how they work but I doubt > they are made to work with multiples on the UPS. You can get multiple interfaces on the UPS that will talk to more than one machine to tell it when to do a shutdown. For some models, there is a card, sort of like one that has some number of serial ports depending on how many you want and are willing to pay for - it doesn't add a lot. This is true, anyway, for the APC UPS units we have. ////jerry > If you are not going to have the machine interact with the UPS then > you can get one to cover both machines > > Chad > > > > Both run FreeBSD 5.4. > > > > Thanks a lot in advance. > > > > -- > > Kiffin Rex Gish > > Gouda, The Netherlands