Questions about UPS+surge protector

[William Park]

On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 12:51:19PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
>   I investigated a bit some time ago, but I wanted to wait until I had
> moved to my current place.  I forgot about it until the past couple of
> weeks when I've had to shut down several times before going to work,
> due to forecasts of thunderstorms.  It's getting rather annoying.  In
> addition to power surges, thunderstorms cause power flickers, so I'd
> need short-term power backup.
> 
>   Here's my specs...
>   - surge protection for computers+peripherals.  This includes phone
>     lines (dialup and/or ADSL) as well as power lines.  Clean power
>     would be a nice benefit too.
> 
>   - backup power for two computers and peripherals.  I'm not looking for
>     48 hours.  I want several minutes, possibly up to an hour of power,
>     and then a clean shutdown if power hasn't come back.
> 
>   - to stay on topic in this list, I obviously want a system that can
>     communicate with 2 computers running linux (Debian), to initiate a
>     clean shutdown.

Spend the money on GOOD 
    - power supply -- it should be able to handle reasonable voltage
      fluctuation.  This will solve most of spontaneous lockups and
      resets.
    - surge protector -- If power goes off, you can always reboot when
      power comes back.  But, real damage is from lightning strikes
      (personal experience).  

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