Felix Miata wrote:
Per Jessen composed on 2015-12-05 18:42 (UTC+0100):
David C. Rankin wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
I use apcupsd, which is in fact packaged for openSUSE:
+1 Works with both serial and USB connections just fine. Will handle all manner of powerdown scenarios and provides quite good monitoring options (as well as firmware update capabilities -- even for older upses) This ups is just over 14 years old (batteries last ~2 years) and is still kicking:
Only 2 years ?? I've only just recently swapped batteries, the last two sets lasted 5 years, almost to the date :-)
Battery lifetime here averages closer to 2 years than to 3, regardless of UPS or battery brand. I currently have working APC, PowerComm, Triplite, Eaton and Conext. With highest device failure rate on APC, it's now dead to me. Last buy was Triplite. Last previous was Eaton.
Consumer or enterprise devices? It might make a difference. I only have one 6kw Eaton/Powerware? device somewhere, the rest are APC Smart-UPS VTs.
Batteries are heat sensitive. Here at 22N latitude, keeping them reasonably cool year round is impossible without overcooling myself who prefers warmer to cooler, hence short battery life.
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