A few small APC questions
A few small APC questions
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I have a Smart-UPS connected to a Dell PowerEdge 2600 with a script set-up to shutdown a second server with PowerChute BE 7.04 running. I'd like to test the shutdown sequence, I know that it has a self test, but the bosses want to know if it'll work in an actual situation. Any suggestions on a real-time test?
Also, has anyone had a situation where their getting daily power failure / restores? I seem to be getting one on a daily basis and am trying to see what the causes may be. The failure only lasts two seconds (literally) before power is restored.
Also, has anyone had a situation where their getting daily power failure / restores? I seem to be getting one on a daily basis and am trying to see what the causes may be. The failure only lasts two seconds (literally) before power is restored.
RE: A few small APC questions
As for daily power failures, I have a few customer who have MANY power failures/spikes/burnouts per day. Some are in a more remote area while some are in town. I get a notification when the power acts up or if I'm in the server room, I usually hear the battery kick in for a few seconds.
RE: A few small APC questions
RE: A few small APC questions
On another point. I just had a real world test of one of my upses and it failed miserably. I had a power failure at one of my sites and the APC1500VA tower ups failed within 15 minutes of outage. The last time I tested it was a year ago and it was able to keep the EXACT same load for 45 minutes. The self test didn't discover the problem but the power failure did. After the power came back, the UPS didn't even turn itself back on so someone had to manually power it up. 2 upses have died at this site (probably due to heat in the server room).
I also had a second UPS failure today but this one is not managed by me and don't know which manufacturer. This morning, one of my customer complained they couldn't access the server. After further testing on site, we discovered the UPS used by the building manager in their telecom equipment had failed. We didn't like the idea of having someone else take care of the equipment but we had no choice because all the network cabling in the building went to a shared telecom room for all the tenants. We only had 2 switches in that room but it was enough to cause us 2 hours of downtime.
I wasn't lucky today with UPSes and hopefully will have a better day tomorrow !