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Hi all,
is somebody successfully using a UPS that connects via the hid-usb driver? I just retired a unit that had reached the end of its lifetime, but never properly worked with FreeNAS, anyway. While the NUT project compatibility page [1] lists many models as perfectly supported with hid-usb, the reality on FreeBSD seems to be a bit different.
I contacted the NUT mailing list a year ago or so, and what I learned was
So, can anybody recommend a small (not rackmount) UPS in the 500VA to 1kVA range? I'd prefer Eaton Powerware for their assumed quality but it seems that all vendors are going USB today and I want to make sure communication works.
An affordable model with network and SNMP would be even better. Availability in Germany is the only serious constraint.
Thanks!
Patrick
[1] https://networkupstools.org/stable-hcl.html
is somebody successfully using a UPS that connects via the hid-usb driver? I just retired a unit that had reached the end of its lifetime, but never properly worked with FreeNAS, anyway. While the NUT project compatibility page [1] lists many models as perfectly supported with hid-usb, the reality on FreeBSD seems to be a bit different.
I contacted the NUT mailing list a year ago or so, and what I learned was
- the FreeBSD port version is outdated and uses a deprecated USB API
- they did not tag a proper release for years
- hence the port does not get updated - you are supposed to just checkout from their git repo and build yourself
So, can anybody recommend a small (not rackmount) UPS in the 500VA to 1kVA range? I'd prefer Eaton Powerware for their assumed quality but it seems that all vendors are going USB today and I want to make sure communication works.
An affordable model with network and SNMP would be even better. Availability in Germany is the only serious constraint.
Thanks!
Patrick
[1] https://networkupstools.org/stable-hcl.html