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> From: Vincent L. McCutcheon <vincentm@spideyweb.net>
> To: 'ntisp@emerald.iea.com'
> Subject: RE: UPS
> Date: Wednesday, May 28, 1997 1:30 AM
>
> Eric,
>
> I'm really happy to hear about someone that is happy with the Opti-Ups,
We
> originally purchased 4 of these deices....2 were DOA...re...charged for
24
> hours....died the first time the power went out. View Sonic was very
happy
> to send Us new ones to replace them. So at OUR expense....$36.00
> apiece...We shipped them back. I then charged the 2 replacements for 24
> hours only to have 1 of the replacements DOA. That's a 50% failure
> rate....We can't afford that. Have gone to APC.....pricey, but
dependable.
>
> Vincent L. McCutcheon
> SysAdmin
> SpideyWeb, Inc.
>
>
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> From: Eric Fagan[SMTP:mailserve@pdqnet.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 1997 11:14 PM
> To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
> Subject: Re: UPS
>
> I use OPTI-UPS, made by the folks who make ViewSonic equipment
(monitors).
> http://www.viewsonic.com/prod/optiups.htm . They're decent, come with
> management software, 3yr warranty, replaceable battery etc. They talk via
> standard serial ports. Depending on what you need for survival time,
they
> come from small 650's to 1400's which will keep a server up for extended
> periods, (depending on load, of course). I use 1400's on the servers &
> 650's on the workstations. Understand that a ton of your amp draw is
going
> to be from monitors (esp 17+'s). Make sure that your monitors are shut
off
> when you're away -- otherwise, even the baddest of UPS's will die rather
> quickly during those nighttime nightmares - leaving people calling you at
> 3:48 a.m...
>
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> : From: PearlNet Admin <admin@pearl.net>
> : Subject: UPS
> : Date: Tuesday, May 27, 1997 9:30 PM
> :
> : Hi,
> :
> : Does anyone have a recommendation for a good UPS for a couple of
servers?
>
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