SOHO UPS... (Was Re: [plug] Weird power glitch)

[Ben Jensz]

Trevor Phillips wrote:

>Hey, that's not too bad!
>
>Today's brown-outs illustrated something important, when all the machines in 
>the office kept working - except those on the aging APC 120KVa UPS!! Oops! 
>Dead UPS!
>
>Luckily, "Site B" used to be a UPS Farm, but is now off one big one, so I 
>scored a really neat APC 1000KVA with LED load/battery indicators. (Quick 
>check around shows it'd cost around $1100 new...)
>
>Anyway, this leads me to: What would people recommend as a UPS for a 
>Small/Home office situation? Perhaps to support 2-3 PCs?
>
>Having had experience with APCs, I had a look, and there's a few 500KVa ones 
>for $200->$300 - and they support USB now Wooh!
>
>So, not only what brands do people recommend, but could you tell me how well 
>Linux is supported as far as monitoring such things? It'd be nice if a server 
>could shut itself down gracefully if the power went out, and no-one was 
>around...
>
>  
>

I hope you mean VA, and not kVA? :)

Otherwise, I want one!!


/ Ben