UPS / notifications

[Bill Campbell]

On Wed, Oct 03, 2007, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
>On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 10:07 -0500, C M Reinehr wrote:
>> On Wednesday 03 October 2007 09:24, Tony Alfrey wrote:
>> > C M Reinehr wrote:
>> > > On Wednesday 03 October 2007 08:13, Vu Pham wrote:
>> > >> I am looking for information about sending notification when the power
>> > >> is down:
>> > >> - what kind of ups / method you use ?
>> > >> - how do we monitor the UPSes : serial , usb ?
>> > >> - and *important* : the monitoring app must run on Linux.
>> > >>
>> > >> Maybe there are some other issues I need to know, but never have I done
>> > >> this, so I need your advice.
>> > >>
>> > >> Thanks,
>> > >>
>> > >> Vu
>> > >
>> > > Vu,
>> > >
>> > > I use a program called apcupsd (http://www.apcupsd.org/). It is quite
>> > > comprehensive but only works with APC UPS's (I think).
>> >
>> > But IMHO these are very good UPS so if you're starting from scratch,
>> > this is a good way to go.
>> 
>> No argument there. APC is all I've ever used. :-)
>
>We have been using Riello. Yes they are Italian. No, one generally does
>not think of Italians in this context. But we have been using these in
>demanding mobile environments and they have really held up. Nice 19"
>racks models. They deserve a look.

Italian electrics?  I used to think that Lucas, Lord of Darkness,
made the worst electrical systems, until I worked on a Fiat where
every wire in the wiring harness was black with no identifying
markers, and a Ducati motorcycle where stepping on the brake
would kill the engine if the tail light were burned out (this was
a design ``feature'' as there was a switch on top of the tail
light to provide a path to ground so you could get to the store
to buy a new bulb :-).

Bill
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