suggestions on UPS for linux / esx

[Tyler Aviss]

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 7:16 AM, Lennart
Sorensen<lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 01:16:03PM -0400, Dave Germiquet wrote:
>> I am wanting to use a UPS for 2 servers at work. One is linux one is
>> ESX3.5i. I am hoping to have it stablize the current (we have problems
>> with power surges) as well as tell the machines to turn off if there
>> is no power.
>>
>> I am looking for compatibility with Linux (so the Linux server
>> understands the call from the UPS to shut it down as well as ESX).
>
> I have always been happy with APC.  The APC Smartups 1500 being my
> prefered UPS (at least whenever Dell puts it on sale for $200).  I tried
> a PC Power & Cooling Pro-Source 1500 a few days ago, and managed to get
> it working with 'nut' on linux.  Seems OK, although apcupsd is nicer to
> work with so far.  The prosource is about $300, which makes it about
> half the normal cost of the APC.
>
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I'll add my backing behind the APC 1500, and APCUPSD is wonderful
(also works with nagios, etc). We've had pretty good luck with them.

I also have an older/smaller APC at home that's probably 5-8 years old
battery-wise yet still works to keep my NAT box alive during
short-medium outages. I've only ever dealt with APC's "brick" style
UPS's though, not the rack-friendly ones. For racks, I've had OK luck
with tripp-lite for medium-lower VA requirements.

On brands to avoid, I'd say powerware makes the list based on my
experience with those at a previous employer.
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