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Re: UPS reccomendations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Senie)
Mon Nov 11 13:33:25 1996
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 13:28:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Daniel Senie <dts@senie.com>
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On Mon, 11 Nov 1996, Michael K. Johnson wrote:
>
> Eric Smith writes:
> >Everything I tried to do at the point, including the self test, failed to
> >restore proper operation. Furthermore, now a Control-A returned the response
> >"SMART-UPS 450"!!! My guess is that I somehow got it to erase some internal
> >non-volatile memory, and that now it needs to go through the factory
> >calibration process again.
> >
> >Frankly, I am appalled that on an otherwise seemingly well-engineered product,
> >it is trivially possible to send a character sequence that breaks the product.
> >They really should document the risk, how to avoid it, and perhaps provide
> >utilities to backup and restore the internal non-volatile memory in case you
> >do manage to break it.
>
> I've got a Best Fortress 950. When I asked for the interface documentation,
> they immdiately mailed a 32-page booklet with ample discription to me. It's
> a very well engineered unit; I have never heard a single negative comment
> about any Best UPS. I highly recommend Best UPSs. You can buy directly
> from Best, or get a substantial discount from resellers. There are a few
> with decent prices (equivalent to other UPS brands) who advertise in
> Computer Shopper; I bought mine from ProSource Power.
>
> Background: I spent a long time UPS shopping. I called APC and asked if
> they would give me interface documentation for their smart units if I
> bought one. They said they would. I bought one. They reneged, saying
> that I would have to sign an NDA. I sent their unit back and bought the
> Best unit, and learned a valuable lesson for the low price of shipping
> the APC unit back...
>
> I can only recommend that people stay away from APC.
Michael,
Since you (like others on the net) don't like APC and have implemented
with another vendor, could you tell us about what you run for software to
talk to the Best unit? Does it log line anomolies or just do the shutdown
bit? I do like the idea of having the server record line anomolies since
that way it's possible to have some evidence when yelling at the power
company for doing such a terrible job...
Dan
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