UPS recommendation

[A Bull With Yogurts]

I few weeks ago I stumbled across a recommendation somewhere on these forums for a small desktop UPS that play nicely with FreeNAS. Can't for the life of me find it again. Can anyone point me in the right direction please (or provide their own recommendation).

 

[Chris Moore]

Almost any APC ups should work fine. They use a fairly standard means of communication with the server via a USB cable. The hard part (not that hard) is finding out what the port number is that it is plugged into.
You will want to stick to major name brands, for the driver support. I have APC myself and have not tried to get any other brand of UPS to work.

 

[A Bull With Yogurts]

Almost any APC ups should work fine. They use a fairly standard means of communication with the server via a USB cable. The hard part (not that hard) is finding out what the port number is that it is plugged into.
You will want to stick to major name brands, for the driver support. I have APC myself and have not tried to get any other brand of UPS to work.

Thanks Chris. Yes, I was primarily concerned about driver support. I need the UPS to signal FreeNAS to gracefully shutdown if it has been on batteries for >=60secs. I want to be able to configure this stuff through the web GUI and have it just work...don't have the time to get into writing custom shell scripts etc.

This is my normal go-to for a desktop UPS.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0042F0JMS

Sounds like it should work OK.

 

[Redcoat]

I have both APC and Cyberpower - one of each on my networked FreeNAS boxes, several APC's on other systems. C-power seems to be less subject to flaky indications from internal firmware (several times experienced with the APC's, never so far - ~2 years - with Cyberpower). No problems with interfacing with FreeNAS in a master/slave configuration.

 

[chris crude]

Section 11.16
http://doc.freenas.org/11/services.html#ups
There is even a blue "helpful hint" text box explaining the best way to find the name of the proper USB port being used.

 

[Chris Moore]

Thanks Chris. Yes, I was primarily concerned about driver support. I need the UPS to signal FreeNAS to gracefully shutdown if it has been on batteries for >=60secs. I want to be able to configure this stuff through the web GUI and have it just work...don't have the time to get into writing custom shell scripts etc.

This is my normal go-to for a desktop UPS.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0042F0JMS

Sounds like it should work OK.

On the Amazon page you linked to, if you scroll down, they show a 1500va version and the price is actually less than the one you mentioned.
That's the one I use and I have been happy with it. You should get a bit more running time to allow for the shutdown. The driver gives some options and I selected the option to shutdown when the battery is low. That's keeps the system from shutting down on a short power outage.

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[A Bull With Yogurts]

I have both APC and Cyberpower - one of each on my networked FreeNAS boxes, several APC's on other systems. C-power seems to be less subject to flaky indications from internal firmware (several times experienced with the APC's, never so far - ~2 years - with Cyberpower). No problems with interfacing with FreeNAS in a master/slave configuration.

Interesting. Never used CyberPower before but heard good things about them. Given that nobody in the country seems to have anything from the APC Pro range in stock for a reasonable price I may end up going with one of theirs instead.

 

[A Bull With Yogurts]

On the Amazon page you linked to, if you scroll down, they show a 1500va version and the price is actually less than the one you mentioned.

Can't see that one. Could you post a link? Thanks.

 

[Chris Moore]

Can't see that one. Could you post a link? Thanks.

Sure: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0041MP81Y?aaxitk=zNBtFDdXbjkcoW6IBF16sg&th=1
It didn't show up on my desk computer the same as it was on my phone. This is a similar model but not exactly the same because of the power delivery side. I have some CyberPower systems at the job and I have no problem with them, TripLite either, but I have only used APC at home.