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Chris Caston wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Just had the power go out when I was deep in my work.
I need a UPS that would allow about 30 seconds (it usually only goes off
for about a second or so here) worth of power to a Linux machine with a
450w PSU, a XP Machine with a 350w PSU that usually sits on hibernate
and a 17" CRT monitor.
I also want to graceful shutdown the Linux box in case it happens when I
am out of the room.
Is there Linux support for USB based UPS's like the
MGE Pulsar Ellipse 800U?
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I am actually also looking into getting a UPS to support a server with
300W ATX PSU, 2 hard drives, 2 optical drives running an AMD Athlon
2500+ and not much else.<br>
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I would prefer it to provide uptime for the server (and optionally its
17" CRT) for up to 15 to 30 mins depending on cost.<br>
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But once again, I need it to interact with Linux including a "graceful
shutdown" as Chris requested.<br>
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Would love to here about any models that people have found to be
particularly good and what software requirements (currently running
Mandriva for example), installation quirks and other useful things
there are to know about since most dealers are expecting their products
to be used by a Windows server (yeah right).<br>
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