Re: advise on UPS for RH7.2

[Jack Bowling <jbinpg shaw ca>]

** Reply to message from "Tyler J. Evans" <te8 axe humboldt edu> on Thu, 07 Nov
2002 06:20:26 -0800 (PST)


> Dear list, 
> 
> Can anyone recommend UPS device that works well with, and is relatively 
> easy to configure for a Dell dimension 8200 running redhat 7.2 as a work 
> station. My area has many power outages in the winter.
> 
> My initial inquiries into UPS systems give me the impression that this is 
> non trivial stuff to set up.  Is there an "out of the box" UPS out there?

I have both my boxes at home on APC UPSs. Since I run ext3 fs only, I didn't
even bother. to set up the serial communications to shut down gracefully. If
they die, they will come back up no worse the wear.  However, this might not be
good enough for your own situation. 

jb