Hardware failures: Get a UPS

[Tony Alfrey]

On Sunday 07 March 2004 07:24 pm, dep wrote:
> quoth Joel Hammer:
> | In response to the inquiry about backups in a different
> | thread, it is just interesting to note that I haven't had a
> | crash since I installed my UPS, several months ago.  Before
> | I got the UPS, I had a repeated crashes from what I guess
> | were power glitches, and finally cooked a hard-drive. Much
> | pain and suffering ensued. A fine investment, a UPS.
>
> i agree with your conclusion, but the failures i mentioned both took
> place with the machine hooked up to a honking big ibm ups, as it has
> been for ages. indeed, when we had the blackout last august i was the
> only kid on the block who was able to a nice orderly shutdown. (after
> which i turned off the ups -- the damned beeping was about to drive
> me to acts of violence!)

And make sure you all check the battery once in awhile (or believe the 
lights on the front panel)  ;-)

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Tony Alfrey
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"I'd Rather Be Sailing"