[Shop-talk] UPS fun

[Jimmie Mayfield]

On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 03:31:30PM -0600, Mark J Bradakis wrote:
> You may recall I brought up the topic of the UPS into which the Team.Net 
> server is plugged.
> I was a bit concerned because of the noises it was making, but not too 
> worried about its
> performance as a UPS.
> 
> Just had a short power outage, and NOW I'm worried. It kept the server 
> running for about 35
> seconds - not good.
> 

What kind of noises?  Barring any other indications of a hardware failure, 
it sounds like you simply need to replace the battery(ies).

That said, if it turns out that you *do* need to replace the UPS, secondhand
APC SmartUPSes can be had pretty cheaply on the secondhand market.  It's not
uncommon for SU1500 variants to go for around $100 minus battery (figure another
$60-$75 for a pair of 18Ah SLAs).  For a single server, an SU1500 is probably
overkill but nobody ever complained about having too much reserve runtime...

J