UPS specs/recommendations?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 03:50:10PM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote:
>   It's been years since I last bought one, I've forgotten everything,
> plus there may be new technology available.  My home setup...
> 90% plus of the time I'm running 1 "desktop" PC, a 24" LCD monitor, and
> an ADSL router-modem.  Occasionally, I'll update / sync my backup PC so
> that I don't have to back to square 1 if/when my main PC fails.  That
> means 2 PCs running.  How high a "VA" rating do I need?  The main things
> I want it to do are...

Well I think apc has a calculator on their webpage.  Might help.

> * handle the 2 or 3 times a year there's a power-flicker or outage
> 
> * software/hardware compatablilty so that if the power is out more than
>   a few minutes, my PC can execute "/usr/sbin/hibernate" to gracefully
>   avoid panic-shutdown-and-fsck and possible data loss.

Well I find apcupsd works great for my APC UPSs.  That's the only brand
I have.

>   How does Staples rate as a place to buy?  They seem to be the closest
> store with UPS's.

Probably better pice and selection at canada computers or ncix.  They have
a lot of locations so one shouldn't be too far.

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Len Sorensen
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