[Gllug] Cheap UPS?

[Bruce Richardson]

n 22/03/02, 10:06:33, Rev Simon Rumble <simon at rumble.net> wrote regarding 
[Gllug] Cheap UPS?:


> I know "cheap" and "disaster hardware" aren't generally terms that do
> or should go together...  However, having been through the APC
> "product selector", I think its suggestion is somewhat overpowered for
> what I want...

> I have an Athlon with four hard drives, 350W power supply.  I want a
> UPS that detect a power outage and has enough battery juice to power
> down cleanly.  That's it.  I don't mind if my monitor gives out.  Hell
> I don't even really care if my (soon to purchase) ADSL goes down,
> though if there is any spare juice and time it would be nice if it
> could fire off a text message notifying me (quick piece of Perl to do
> that).

One of the Belkin Regulator Pro Gold series would do you.  Anything but 
the bottom model in the line, which doesn't have a serial connector.  
Belkin provide Linux software or you could use NUT, which supports the 
Belkin products and is open source.

http://www.exploits.org/nut/

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Bruce

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