chazzy2501 Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 my APCs 2200 x2 are over 15 years old and I'm worried that they will eventually die (5th set of batteries). I was looking to go smaller so just one UPS and maybe just 1800ish (as together they used to run 13 physical servers) It'd have to run 2 servers and 1 san. (one psu of each device mains direct & one to the new UPS) Really my big ask is one that integrates easily with VMware. (the less SSH the better)
DrBeaker Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 my APCs 2200 x2 are over 15 years old and I'm worried that they will eventually die (5th set of batteries). I was looking to go smaller so just one UPS and maybe just 1800ish (as together they used to run 13 physical servers) It'd have to run 2 servers and 1 san. (one psu of each device mains direct & one to the new UPS) Really my big ask is one that integrates easily with VMware. (the less SSH the better) I'd still go with APC to be fair. Can you rack-mount the UPS? Do you have free space in the rack? Or have they got to be tower units?
bald_pig Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 I'd still go with APC to be fair. Can you rack-mount the UPS? Do you have free space in the rack? Or have they got to be tower units? Considering the title of the thread, I imagine rackmount is preferred... I'd use APC myself, I'd still push for 2 units but that's just me.
DrBeaker Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 Considering the title of the thread, I imagine rackmount is preferred... I'd use APC myself, I'd still push for 2 units but that's just me. My bad. I'm not perfect you know I do have other things I do between thread updates Why the 2x for yourself?
Jcx500 Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 Using the newer apc with powerchute, is working fine with hyper-v was easy to setup as well
bald_pig Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 My bad. I'm not perfect you know I do have other things I do between thread updates Why the 2x for yourself? Redundancy. In an ideal environment, I'd have 2 UPS, each being feed from a different phase, with each server plugged in to both UPS. That way you have conditioned power for both power supplies of each server, and you can withstand everything short of both UPS simultaneously failing. 1
chazzy2501 Posted June 21, 2019 Author Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) @bald_pig the dual ups doesn't always help, a few years ago, I had a server PSU let go and it tripped the UPS and damaged devices connected to the same UPS. The UPS is setup to protect you from the mains but not the devices from each other. (at least not my APC SUA2200R) The UPS happily came back though, I lost a switch and the server powered off (even though the 2nd UPS was fine) I guess the PSU failure was too large. (HP ml350 G8) I guess no UPS solution could prevent that, I suppose. Edited June 21, 2019 by chazzy2501
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