Actually, another question for you all. I've currently got 4 boxes running off my 1100VA box. Once I get everything up and running (have to rebuild one of my Linux boxes), I'm going to connect the UPS to it. I am hoping to configure that box so that it knows when the UPS gets a critical alarm (5 min left or whatever). However, since that box is the only one that knows power is going, the other 3 boxes aren't. I was thinking writing some sort of "shutdown" script, and having my Linux box Remote Shell to the other 3 and init them. Of course, this means that when power is restored, my Linux boxes will boot (they are set to boot when power is applied), but my Sun boxes wont. This is acceptable, because my Sun boxes are test boxes anyways. Anyone ever try anything like this? Got any reasons as to why I shouldn't try it? Joseph Hobbs Compaq Web Services / GEAE Team Tier 2/3 Support | Team Lead Backup hobbsj@somecrazyfool.com Joseph.Hobbs@ae.ge.com -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Hobbs [mailto:hobbsj@somecrazyfool.com] Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 3:48 PM To: 'SuSE Linux List' Subject: RE: [SLE] I am going to buy my first UPS Whoa, you just answered yourself right there. 1.8 Gig Box 22" Monitor (ouch) Stack of SCSI drives Stack of Fans I've got an APC 300VA running my Box and LCD montior here, and APC 650VA that runs all of my network devices (Router, hubs, Cable modem, etc) and misc hardware. Then Ive got an APC 1100VA running my Dual 733, Dual 1Ghz, and 2 Sun Sparc5 boxes. They all get decent time, but I havent had a power outage long enough to stretch em! They are mostly there for quick outages, and blips. Joseph Hobbs Compaq Web Services / GEAE Team Tier 2/3 Support | Team Lead Backup hobbsj@somecrazyfool.com Joseph.Hobbs@ae.ge.com -----Original Message----- From: Michael Nelson [mailto:michaelnel@earthlink.net] Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 11:03 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Cc: Jeffrey Taylor Subject: Re: [SLE] I am going to buy my first UPS On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 07:45:19AM -0600, Jeffrey Taylor wrote: -> 4) I have a APC BackUPS 650. It kept my Dell Dimension 450MHz PIII -> and 17" CRT up for 40 minutes. I now have a Athlon XP 1800 and a 17" -> LCD monitor. I expect the same up time. I am using the software -> downloaded from APC. Whoa! I get 8 minutes with a P4 1.8GHz and a 22" LaCie monitor on my Back-UPS Pro 650. I do have 96GB of scsi drives in there and 11 fans too, but still... 40 minutes? Michael -- "# chmod a+x /bin/laden" Michael Nelson San Francisco, CA -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the archives at http://lists.suse.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the archives at http://lists.suse.com