Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 01:04:54 -0500 From: Michael Powell <nightrecon@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: UPS for FreeBSD Message-ID: <m5bnm6$li2$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <CAHieY7QGp2ELF-R91eu=vSrPsimVmVNJQ4kfucQ56PR7EEZmig@mail.gmail.com> <m57qdq$did$1@ger.gmane.org> <54777AB1.9010800@bluerosetech.com> <m581p1$65m$1@ger.gmane.org> <54779629.302@bluerosetech.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411271433320.60866@wonkity.com> <5478BD4F.7020306@yahoo.com> <5478BEE6.30308@bluerosetech.com> <5478CC08.9090307@yahoo.com> <20141128204722.561f948e@archlinux> <5478F16A.80605@yahoo.com> <CABhTyc9m7fOoeV170dj=foAhmyYWphzc8KD8wBacu5gNRPhT%2BQ@mail.gmail.com> <54791d3a.w/pI0kak03d%2B3nKC%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <CAHu1Y71vVbdx6Yd1VbE7kb_8k9O5UG93RXEaORPU0tULCpMsCQ@mail.gmail.com> <547937AB.1030706@radel.com>
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Jon Radel wrote: > On 11/28/14, 8:26 PM, Michael Sierchio wrote: >> I've always found it amazingly absurd that you use a UPS (a bank of >> batteries charged by AC->DC conversion), invert it back to AC, which gets >> converted to DC for the motherboard and peripherals. >> >> But that's just me, probably. > > Hardly. See > http://hightech.lbl.gov/dc-powering/ > https://gigaom.com/2012/01/13/the-next-big-thing-for-data-centers-dc-power/ > etc. It's not storming the world, but some are doing it. Google's been doing it for years: http://www.cnet.com/news/google-uncloaks-once-secret-server-10209580/ -Mike
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