I recommend apcupsd myself. Fairly simple setup, extremely flexible, and
more features (the good kind) than APC's software. Much more detailed
information is available than APC's software which seems kind of
crippled to me. Try 'em both though, see which fits your needs best.
On Thu, 2004-30-12 at 13:25 -0700, Kevin wrote:
> After a recent "power event" at my house, I began wondering about the
> best way to log such things. In corporate environments, I have seen
> "smart" UPS boxes that constantly signal (over a serial cable) to some
> piece of software running on a PC. This is handy for not only recording
> power failures and restores, but also such things as lags and spikes.
> IIRC, the software can even send syslog, smtp, text-pages, or other
> alerts to users/admins and gracefully power-down the server if the
> battery begins to run out of juice.
>
> What's the best way to do this in a linux environment (with a few
> Solaris 8/9 and OpenBSD/i386 boxen)?
>
> Found a few starters in google-land.
> http://www2.apcupsd.com/
> http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~doug/ups.html
> http://apcc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=125
>
> >From what I am reading (just started looking into this), I can run APC's
> Powerchute software on linux or I can run the open source apcupsd on
> linux.
>
> Anyone had experience with either of these options? Preferences?
> Gotchas? Lessons Learned? Recommendations?
>
> Anyone know of other options? Although APC is the only brand of UPS I
> have ever bought, I would not be opposed to trying others.
>
> ...Kevin
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