Reccommend a UPS

[Sonic007]

Hi everyone,

 

I'm in need of a new UPS for the server room.

This will need to power the Dell Server, 2 Unifi 24 port POE switches, and a few other little items.

 

What would you recommend?

 

Many thanks.

[BKGarry]

I have been looking into this myself, as our Dell UPS is really starting to not be reliable.

 

There are now Lithium-Ion battery based UPS's which seem to require a lot less space, but I haven't gone into too much detail of everything, as it will be next financial year, and as such I have not looked that far into it.

[Bedders]

We stuck with a 5KVA APC one, to replace a previous one that had a swelled battery and we had to phone the fire brigade when it started smoking. Not a problem with the UPS, I think we just ran the battery past it's life and APC ones don't like that. 

[mrbios]

Ditched APC in favour of Eaton a few years back, I've got a 9PX 5KVA + EBM. Been great so far, would recommend them. Eaton IPM is an additional cost if you want to do shutdown automations, but it's not super expensive. Guessing you'd be looking at a 1500va or 2200va unless there's more devices than you've described.

[Aprice]

I’d go Eaton or Reillo. Over the years had a fair few APCs or rebadged APC units go pop or fail.

[CrootUK]

+1 For Eaton highly recommend. HPE ones are rebranded Eaton.

[Oaktech]

Recently replaced a failed APC unit with a Riello. Very impressed with it.

[network41]

Had Reillo's in my last place ,some pretty big ones in the server rooms and smaller switch cabinet ones . Very reliable

[gszech]

2 x UPS 2U Pro (when it's released)
One for server one for Switches

https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en/category/integrations-power-tech/products/ups-2u-pro-eu

Edited Monday at 13:19 by gszech

[StephenPink]

2 minutes ago, gszech said:

UniFi UPS 2U
https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en/category/integrations-power-tech/collections/unifi-power-tech-ups/products/ups-2u-eu

 

or

 

UPS 2U Pro (when it's released)

https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en/category/integrations-power-tech/products/ups-2u-pro-eu

That's what I was about to say - keeping a close eye on these, as the 2U Pro seems VERY good value for money. I'm hoping the range will be expanded soon; both to a slim 1U model for network cabs, and a larger capacity/full length model for server cabs. They support clean server shutdown via NUT apparently *but haven't got one yet to test as too small for my use cases currently

[Sonic007]

On 05/10/2026 at 14:15, gszech said:

2 x UPS 2U Pro (when it's released)
One for server one for Switches

https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en/category/integrations-power-tech/products/ups-2u-pro-eu

 

 

This would be my choice if possible as our school is mostly Unifi.

It is also pure sinewave and seems to have come along pretty well since their first version.

I'm hearing stock won't be in until January at the moment so might have to look at alternatives such as Eaton.