[Asterisk-Users] UPS for Asterisk

[steve szmidt]

On Monday 24 January 2005 02:52, Peter Svensson wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Jan 2005, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote:
> > Why would the heads come in contact with the platters on a powerfail? 
> > The arms are very rigid -- the heads only float a few thousandths of an
> > inch 

Well, I'm sorry but I find this whole discussion on why you should have a UPS 
a bit silly. Electronics are sensitive to ... electricity. May it come in 
sudden drops just as the data is only in cache someplace, or pulsing power 
going on and off and back on. Never mind spikes. 

Fortunately we have pretty good equipment these days that can handle a lot of 
abuse.

But why would anyone argue against it?

Either you have the money for it or not. The chance of loosing equipment is 
there either way. Buy a good UPS and use it if you can. Period. 

The days of shoddy UPS's are long gone, unless you always buy the cheapest 
stuff you can find all the time. In which case you might be able to find 
something crappy. APC gives good support and make decent UPS's at a decent 
price.

-- 

Steve Szmidt

"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety 
deserve neither liberty nor safety."
                                Benjamin Franklin