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From: gary@palmer.demon.co.uk (Gary Palmer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: UPS recommendations ?
Date: 17 Aug 1995 04:00:42 +0100
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In article <DDDoqq.180@midway.uchicago.edu>,
Matthew Edward Zaucha <mezaucha@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>     Yes, thank you.  But, without software support, the UPS system will
>still more than suffice for just an occasional lessening of the power
>which sometimes causes a system to reboot or go down, correct?  Thanks
>again.

Yes, even without software support, a UPS will help prevent crashes/
reboots from brown-outs or short power failures. This is why most of
the smaller UPS's don't ship with an interface - they are designed to
be used in environments where the user will likely be there to prevent
permenant data loss, unlike a server room, where there might not be
someone there 24 / 7 to cleanly shut the servers down.

Gary
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