Bobby Heid
bheid at appdevgrp.com
Fri Jan 6 08:27:47 CST 2006
I'll second the APC line. Not the most inexpensive, but great customer service. If you are going to connect other costly items to the UPS, I'd try and get one that has AVR (automatic voltage regulation) on it. Some of the APC towers look nice and are relatively thin. I have these in use at my house: PC: http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BR1000 I have only the PC on this so that I can get a better run time Monitor, router, printers: APC Back-UPS Pro 1100 (can't find on APC site now). They have then at Sam's Misc equipment: http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BE500U (2 of these) HDTV: A belkin 800 or 1000VA UPS with AVR (got a good price on this). Bobby -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Carbonnell Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 8:11 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [SPAM SUSPECT] Re: [dba-Tech] UPS recommendations? Importance: Low On 06/01/06, Jon Tydda <Jon.Tydda at alcontrol.co.uk> wrote: > Got home last night to find that my ADSL modem/router was toast... This is > the third one I've had to replace due to power cuts etc, and the Electric > company say that they're not responsible for any damage caused. At over £70 > a throw, buying new DG834GT's is getting to be an expensive hobby. > > So I'm thinking of investing in a UPS once the new router has arrived. I > don't really know what I'm looking for in a UPS as the only ones I've seen > are the huge ones at work that sit in the bottom of the racks. Ideally I'd > like something smaller and less obtrusive as it has to go in the living room > at home. Does anyone have any recommendations? APC (http://www.apcc.com) are one of big player on this side of the pond. I don't have any personal experience with them, but a friend of mine has one and recommends them. -- Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at gmail.com