[mythtv-users] APC backups

Anthony Giggins seven at seven.dorksville.net
Sun Sep 3 21:40:19 UTC 2017


On 4 September 2017 at 02:23, David Williams <mythtv_david at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I’m a long time MythTv user. My basic Linux skills are limited so I’ve
> never attempted any of the more complex – like RAID – data redundancy
> methods. I use an SSD for the application and a hard drive for storage.
> Owing to power outages I’ve had several crashes where I lost my system so I
> set up an APC battery backup with apcupsd. It worked like a charm but, at
> least for me, is a bit onerous to set up. I did a bit of research and
> discovered that Ubuntu has a built in alternative. I thought I’d ask if
> folk have an opinion on this v. apcupsd. Thanks,
>
> d.
>
> http://www.pontikis.net/blog/ups-power-management-ubuntu-16.04
>
>
>
nut works very well and additionally its not vendor specific so your not
locked into buying APC, I typically use it more for monitoring (cacti
scripts work wonders) rather then controlled shutdowns as we sit on a very
stable power source.

Cheers,

Anthony
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