I need a cost-effective UPS solution for several of the following machines:
Netserver E-50 (a PII.33Mhz Tower) that maintain critical functions, such as firewall.
I require graceful shutdown, but nothing fancy past that. Lower-price is good. The ones we have now are Non-rackmountable, and that's fine.
I have no prejudice for or against any manufacturer.
THANKS!
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I recommend APC SmartUPS devices, for their sine wave output, controlled shutdown and monitoring software: http://www.apc.com/ You probably don't need a very large unit, depending on your total draw and how long you need it up after power fails.
Liebert also make good UPS.
Check them out here:
http://www.liebert.com/
We have several of their UPSStation GTX models and they are very good...
jocasio
I have used belkin ups's with much success and would highly recommend them.
http://catalog.belkin.com/
APC is a good brand. I have a couple of 400va ups that I got from this company that was throughing out a couple hundred of these. They did not know they had a replaceable battery....or system administrator. Anyway I just purchased a belkin 1200va for my win 2000 adv server. So far so good like it alot so far. After rebates it only cost $55.00. I like the software that has come with it and also that it connects up to the USB port and for all of you that still have windows NT4, it has a com cable port also.
I would suggest not buying Tripplite. I have not had good experiance with them. The inverters have failed, I had one try to catch fire. They did replace it and stand behind it. I have a lot of UPS systems and many are APC. They are probably a safe bet.
I typically look for ones that I can run for many years and research the battery that they use. One brand I like it Oneac. They use Yuasa batteries and I have a local battery shop that stocks them. Replacements cost me about $80 for my 1300 series Oneacs. My APC 1250RM smart backups use the same batteries. The same size Triplite cost me $120 for the replacements.
If you are looking to protect high valued equipment like database servers or mission critical servers you may want to spend the extra bucks for a UPS with a rectifier as well as inverter. These do a much better job at cleaning the lines. We use PowerWare brand UPS's for our datacenter placed servers.
Thanks for all the great thoughts.
Well, here is a bit more on our situation.
We have several APC 2200s and several APC 900s (Smart-UPS both).
Is there some handy means -- before I splash out big dough on all new ones -- to determine if a simple battery replacement will turn the trick?
I have one 2200 that I will definitely replace, but I have no particular reason to think the others can't be revived with a new battery.
How long do these things last, on average? My UPSes are about 3-4 years old. Thanks.
If all you need to do is replace the battery then you should. The batteries last approx 3 years, but that depend on a lot of things (how many power outages you had, how many servers you have connected, etc). I just replaced my battery on one of my UPC Smart -UPS and just recently replaced two of my leibert batteries. This process is straight-forward and you cna obtain the instructions on the UPC website (where I got mine). Depending on the UPS, though, you will have different configs. FOr example, my UPC battery was one large battery, where as my leiberts have 8 separate batteries each. Also the prices vary (UPC $125, Leibert $255.00)
jocasio
At 3-4 years old, you likely need new batteries. I would swap batteries in the 2200's and not think twice about it. If you have a local company that might let you return them, even better. I get mine from a tire and battery shop. I know that sounds strange, but these are the same batteries that Alarm systems, electric scooters and other devices use. They have my batteries in stock 80% of the time. Here is another trick on some APC's, I don't know about the 2200's. I have put slightly larger batteries in them. Just make sure they are the right volts, typically 12v.
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by: newyorknyPosted on 2005-02-11 at 09:32:33ID: 13287991
Sorry - I should have made clear.
I need a suggestion for a UPS 1 for each Netserver.
In other words, each Netserver has its own UPS.
I guess that goes without saying, but I said it anyway! :L