UPS - No. per UPS?

[Edu-IT]

Yes we're using the supplied serial cables. Edited December 14, 2009 by Edu-IT

[liamvaughan]

I got a SmartUPS 1000

 

Which is powering 3 servers and a monitor.

Is that too much for it to handle?

 

The local council Brum, say that each curriculum and admin server

should have their own UPS?

 

Thanks

 

 

why would you want a monitor on it anyways mate are ups just shuts down the servers thats what your probley best doing

[enjay]

why would you want a monitor on it anyways mate are ups just shuts down the servers thats what your probley best doing

 

We've got a monitor on our UPS too, so that I can double-check that the UPS has sent the shut-down command to the server.

 

Those of you who are using shutdown scripts to shut the other servers down, remember these will only work if your switches are also on the UPS - if the switch went off with the power, then the message won't get through. Obvious, I know, but you'd be surprised how often this gets overlooked!

[GorgeousGeorge]

I've got it to initiate a shutdown sequence as soon as its been on battery for a minute, the curric

server then runs the default.cmd script which then sends a shutdown command to the admin server.

 

Once a year probably, rather be safe than sorry!

 

 

If you have it configured to shut down ASAP and it manages to do so then you don't need to expand your configuration. Splitting the load between the units will increase the runtime per unit, but it would be unnecessary in your case as you're not seeking any run time. We have a Smart UPS 1000 SUA1000 that runs several machines and is instructed to shut everything down as soon as the power goes out. In another part of the office we have the phone system configured to run as long as possible on a SUA1000XL with an external battery pack. For the machines, it wouldn't make sense for us to upgrade to a bigger unit or even split the units as we don't need the run time at all. However, on the phone system we want as long of a runtime as possible. The key is to size things properly in hopes of having the most cost efficient configuration. If you oversize, it costs more up front and more in the long run due to increased maintenance.

[Edu-IT]

Can you explain the CMD File and OS Delay/Durations tab in APC?