[mythtv-users] UPS with mythbuntu

[Stephen P. Villano]

On 2/24/15 1:24 PM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Also you have to tell your bios what to do on power return. Normally
>> you can choose between always on, always off and last state. Normally
>> it is set to always off, but you must set it to always on.
> Well, that depends.  If the purpose of the UPS is to avoid database
> corruption, you can achieve that without changing the BIOS.  If you
> want high availability, you can use last state or always on.  I don't
> recommend always on, though.  If I turn something off intentionally, I
> usually don't want it turning back on by itself if there's a power
> glitch.
>
> In some configurations, you actually want it to be always off, even
> for HA, and to use wake-on-lan to turn the box on.
>
> It all depends on the capabilities of your UPS, how you've configured
> your systems, and what you actually want it to do.
>
> Eric
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Heh, I tend to set all for always on.
But then, I get seasonal greeting cards, birthday cards and even family
milestone dates cards from my electric company.  ;)
My house also tends to be the last home in the neighborhood to need to
turn on the heater, but the first to have to turn on the air conditioning.