<p>+1 Mike<br>
The small-office/prosumer items fail for lack of wattage, in my recent experience. I had 2 of these fail in succession trying to supply power to a 750watt hp server, even though there was no power failure. </p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On May 21, 2012 9:51 PM, "Mike Harrison" <<a href="mailto:cluon@geeklabs.com">cluon@geeklabs.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Mon, 21 May 2012, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hi guys,<br>
><br>
> I need some electrical power advice. It's possible you will give me the<br>
> answer and I won't be able to afford it, but I'd like to know what you<br>
> think.<br>
<br>
Your power bill probably reflects your need to have everything running all<br>
the time. But that's another issue.<br>
<br>
Buy a real UPS. Not a home or prosumer APC, but a real one.<br>
I think the trip-lite online ones are a great value.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.tripplite.com/en/products/product-series.cfm?txtSeriesID=937" target="_blank">http://www.tripplite.com/en/products/product-series.cfm?txtSeriesID=937</a><br>
<br>
These and many others should be easy to monitor via SNMP,<br>
and shut down nicely as they hit low battery capacity.<br>
<br>
Two examples of SNMP monitoring a UPS in a minimal fashion:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.geeklabs.com/index.php?mode=articles&submode=comments&uniq=26" target="_blank">http://www.geeklabs.com/index.php?mode=articles&submode=comments&uniq=26</a><br>
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