[mythtv-users] Feelin' lucky

[Steve Hill]

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Harry Orenstein wrote:

> I cannot ever remember seeing a discussion on
> this list of UPSes.  It seems a natural topic.  I have
> my Myth box and I want to keep it up and running
> 24/7, so I need a UPS.

I don't run a UPS at home, but at work we sell Linux servers and recommend 
the APC Backups ES350 or CS350 with the USB interface.  You can then use 
apcupsd (http://www.sibbald.com/apcupsd/) to talk to the UPS, shut the box 
down when the battery gets to a certain level (so when the battery runs 
out it powers off safely), get battery status, etc.  It seems to work 
well, and I believe apcupsd supports networked shutdowns too so you can 
have several boxes plugged into the UPS and the one with the USB 
connection can tell the others when to shut down over the network.

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