UPS / notifications

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 09:20 -0700, Bill Campbell wrote:
> 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 :-).

Exactly. Italian electronics? These two words generally cannot be in the
same sentence unless the text 'can't do' are inserted somewhere in
between. But Riello UPS are really good. Maybe a German engineer got
lost in Bavaria ans wandered too far south, and the Italians are saying
the odd heat he is experiencing is from global warming. He really has
gotten back to Germany. Where Italian restaurants are all the craze
these days.

-- 
Roger Oberholtzer

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