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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!palmer.demon.co.uk!palmer.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: gary@palmer.demon.co.uk (Gary Palmer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: UPS recommendations ? Date: 17 Aug 1995 04:00:42 +0100 Organization: none Lines: 19 Message-ID: <40ubcq$4vu@palmer.demon.co.uk> References: <aak2.808400899@ra.msstate.edu> <DDDCIB.B7B@midway.uchicago.edu> <40r3gg$ua@palmer.demon.co.uk> <DDDoqq.180@midway.uchicago.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc.my.org X-NNTP-Posting-Host: palmer.demon.co.uk In article <DDDoqq.180@midway.uchicago.edu>, Matthew Edward Zaucha <mezaucha@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote: > Yes, thank you. But, without software support, the UPS system will >still more than suffice for just an occasional lessening of the power >which sometimes causes a system to reboot or go down, correct? Thanks >again. Yes, even without software support, a UPS will help prevent crashes/ reboots from brown-outs or short power failures. This is why most of the smaller UPS's don't ship with an interface - they are designed to be used in environments where the user will likely be there to prevent permenant data loss, unlike a server room, where there might not be someone there 24 / 7 to cleanly shut the servers down. Gary -- FreeBSD Core Member E-Mail: Gary@Palmer.Demon.co.uk, gpalmer@FreeBSD.org