Re: [LI] uninturrupted server

["Jiju Thomas Mathew" <digitelnet@xxxxxxxx>]

>
>What changes do I need to make in addition to buying a quality UPS?
>
>When the UPS is low on power, is there a way to let the machine know of
>it so that the files/setup are saved well in time before it is 'lights
>out'
>
UPSes as far as i have heard, atleast some of them have a serial port
connection to inform server to do a shutdown, but alas most cost effective
ones have only win$ drivers.  but the etc/inittab file does contain some
entries about reading the UPS oops and issuing a halt signal etc, so any
serial interfaced UPS should serve ur purpose.


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