yellowdog-general digest, Vol 1 #1047 - 12 msgs

[Don Montalvo]

thanks, michael, i always appreciate the feedback. i'd wish i could 
afford a backups pro (like the 650) but i'm on a very limited budget. 
it would be great if yellowdog supported apc ups's but it doesn't 
look like it does.

bummer.

:/
don

At 11:24 -0600 9/5/03, 
yellowdog-general-request@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com wrote:
>Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 07:33:25 -0400
>Subject: Re: APC UPC + YellowDog Linux?
>From: Michael George <george@auroravideosys.com>
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>
>On Thursday, September 4, 2003, at 04:32  AM, Don Montalvo wrote:
>>  I did a search of the archives and the YellowDog site but I haven't 
>>  been able to find clear, concise instructions on how to set up an APC 
>>  UPS with a Mac running YellowDog Linux.
>>
>  > I live in Manhattan and I'm running YellowDog Linux 2.3 (Apache 1.3.x) 
>>  on a Wallstreet Powerbook (233mhz/384M/6G). I didn't install a GUI 
>>  since it's just functioning as a web server (and I need to keep my CLI 
>>  skills up to snuff).
>>
>>  I purchased two BE725BB APC UPS's:
>>
>  > <http://apcc.com/resource/include/
>  > techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BE725BB&language=en&LOCAL.APCCountryCode=US
>>  >
>>
>>  One is protecting my workstation and the second is going to (I hope) 
>>  protect my YDL/Wallstreet server. I wouldn't worry so much if the 
>>  built in battery in the darned thing worked...but I can't afford to 
>>  get a replacement Wallstreet battery and I'd much rather get this APC 
>>  UPS working.
>>
>>  Anyone been able to get this to work? I have a simple home 
>>  network...no SNMP here. Just a dinky YDL/Wallstreet webserver that 
>>  died when the lights went out.
>
>I have had an incredibly easy time setting up APC UPSs on my linux 
>boxes, but they were all with Back-UPS Pros and serial ports.  nut and 
>apcupsd are two packages which will work.
>
>I had a client who plugged a server (AMD 1GHz, .5Gb RAM, 7 ATAPI HDD) 
>into one like this.  It was rated to handle the wattage of the PS and 
>gave a runtime (on paper) of about 3min.  The reality was that when the 
>UPS lost power and kicked over to battery it would power-starve the 
>server and it would reboot.  Highly annoying, as every time the voltage 
>would drop, the UPS would kick over to battery power.  So rather than 
>having a temporary brown-down that the PS could have smoothed out for 
>the internals, it would reboot.  The opposite of what we want UPSs for 
>:)
>
>I'm not saying those ESs won't work for your application, as your 
>systems might well be smaller, but I firmly believe that the extra $$
>for the Back-UPS (Pro) is worth it.  Just MHO, I'm not connected w/ APC
>in any way.
>
>-Michael