VanLUG Email Archive
Raphael Wong (rhmwong@home.com)
Tue, 19 Jan 1999 22:43:51 -0800
Actually, I think that MGE has just released linux drivers and software for
their UPS. I was stopped at their booth during comdex ('cause I was wearing the
VANLUG shirt) when their sales proudly presented their new ad with the penguin
logo to me ;-) According to him, the software package is available at their web
site ...
Raphael
"Harondel J. Sibble" wrote:
> On 19 Jan 99, at 9:21, Brian Edmonds wrote:
>
> > Yes! They had a booth across from us at Comdex, and I had a talk with
> > them. I'd seen their name previously in a quite favourable light in the
> > Linux UPS Howto. Their product line looks quite nice, with the bottom end
> > being a backup that provides a couple minutes of power for under $200, and
> > a more substantial system in the $400 range.
> >
> > Put simply, I'm very interested. :)
>
> also in the linux system admninstrators handbook (forget who publishes
> this one) that I was browsing through in chapters today, they mention Best
> Power as the ONLY company that released linux controlling/managing s/w
> for their ups's. Mind you talking with the various ups vendors at comdex, I
> know that at least 2 of the companies there had linux s/w for their upses.
>
> Also someone was asking a few days ago about a cheap way to do
> shutdown of windows boxes from the linux box. Well the same book
> mentioned a few s/w packages for shutting down multiple computers when
> the ups signals a power event. They mentioned at least 6 packages for
> various control levels (dumb and smart) and different ups lines (apc, best,
> tripplite etc).
> I plan to look into that myself, may pick that book up tomorrow.
>
> Harondel J. Sibble
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