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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: JJSH on April 08, 2009, 02:27:43 PM

Title: Any UPS recommendations for SME 7.3?
Post by: JJSH on April 08, 2009, 02:27:43 PM

Hi

I need to purchase a UPS that will work with SME 7.3, and will shut the server down gracefully in the event of power failure. Has anyone had any good / bad experiences of any particular makes / models?

Many TIA

Title: Re: Any UPS recommendations for SME 7.3?
Post by: Stefano on April 08, 2009, 02:50:13 PM

hi

I have a couple of:

iManufacturer           American Power Conversion
iProduct                  Smart-UPS 750 FW:651.12.I USB FW:4.2

they work perfectly with nut/SME

anyway, please upgrade your SME to the last stable version (7.4) ;-)

HTH
ciao
Stefano

Title: Re: Any UPS recommendations for SME 7.3?
Post by: Jáder on April 08, 2009, 02:53:02 PM

I suggest you to look for APC ups (those with USB communication).
With apcupsd you can do shutdown when battery is almost exausted.
I have it working on several SME7x servers right now.
It even has a nice web interface showing several parameters about your nobreak. :)


Jáder

(I never tryied APC nobreaks with NUT... just prefer APCUPSd!)

Title: Re: Any UPS recommendations for SME 7.3?
Post by: JJSH on April 08, 2009, 02:59:39 PM

Thanks guys, I'll look at APC.

Quote

anyway, please upgrade your SME to the last stable version (7.4) ;-)

Just waiting for the business to give me some downtime. SME is so stable, they've got used to it running faultlessly 24/7  :P

Title: Re: Any UPS recommendations for SME 7.3?
Post by: Stefano on April 08, 2009, 04:30:48 PM

Quote from: jader on April 08, 2009, 02:53:02 PM

With apcupsd you can do shutdown when battery is almost exausted.

ok.. but, for the OP, it's not necessary to install apcupsd to use APC's ups with SME.

ciao
Stefano

Title: Re: Any UPS recommendations for SME 7.3?
Post by: markleman on April 09, 2009, 03:31:31 PM

Quote from: Stefano a.k.a. nenonano on April 08, 2009, 04:30:48 PM

ok.. but, for the OP, it's not necessary to install apcupsd to use APC's ups with SME.

To clarify, is that because you propose not using any shutdown software or because SME has NUT already installed?

See http://wiki.contribs.org/Uninterruptable_Power_Supply (http://wiki.contribs.org/Uninterruptable_Power_Supply) for instructions on how to enable and configure NUT.

Mark Leman