[mythtv-users] UPS's (was Re: ext3 suitability (Was: Re: Block size for ext3 partition))

[John Drescher]

> Since I took my systems off UPS's my network/system reliability has
> increased significantly.  I've found that the UPS's aren't nearly as
> smart as they claim and would often refuse to resume sending power to my
> systems or would start sending power just as the system was about to
> shut down, so the BIOS/ATX PS would see there was power at shutdown and
> would stay shutdown.  That doesn't work so well when you're on a
> week-long business trip.
>
> At least without UPS's, when there's power at the wall, my systems get
> power, so they run or boot up whenever they can.  Other than the unclean
> shutdown (which is handled pretty well thanks to the filesystem's
> journalling) and unclean power, I haven't found any disadvantages to
> this approach.  ;)
>
I did have 1 year (ending last year) of uptime with my previous master
backend at home largely because it was connected to a PowerCom 1000VA
UPS with enough power to run the system (dual processor K7 - no power
management , 5 hard drives ...)  for over 45 minutes. The good thing
is since I moved into my new house in 2004 we have only had 1 power
outage for more than that although being on top of a small mountain we
probably loose power once a month when the wind blows the high voltage
lines down...

John