Re: UPS Advice

[Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%rek.tjls.com@localhost>]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 04:54:01PM +0000, Stephen Borrill wrote:
>
> I use apcupsd in network master mode which, as there is a Windows port  
> too, means I can control a whole heterogenous server farm connected to a 
> single UPS from a NetBSD machine.

It took basically ten minutes looking at the apcupsd code to convince
me to switch to nut.  I haven't ever looked back.

Certainly nut can also control Windows machines from a Unix master.

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Thor Lancelot Simon                                        
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