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Date:      Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:41:26 -0800
From:      "Dan O'Connor" <dan@ferrarishields.com>
To:        "Kiffin Gish" <kiffin@gish.demon.nl>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: UPS advice, please ...
Message-ID:  <00a301c5ec80$73756690$0599460a@Dan>
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>I have a couple web servers running FreeBSD 5.x and need to protect 
>them
> against power outages.
>
> These are two simple machines running at home so nothing fancy. Just
> some way to do a power down neatly so the shutdown has time to clean 
> up.
>
> What do I need and where can I look for more detailed information.


I use upsmon, from the ports collection. Nothing fancy, and it works 
only with APC Smart-UPS...but it works great, and the shutdown 
time-delay is configurable. The Smart-UPS connects to your computer via 
a serial port.

~Dan






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