Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zazen!psl.wisc.edu!fred From: fred@fammed.wisc.edu (Fred Worley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: UPS for 3B2s? Summary: Need help choosing UPS Keywords: ups 3b2 Message-ID: Date: 7 Jun 91 22:05:47 GMT Sender: news@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Physical Sciences Lab, UW-Madison Lines: 30 I could use some advice on selecting a good UPS. We have eight sites, each with an AT&T 3B2/400/500 or 600 that have since their purchase been protected by an Onan IPS 1100 UPS (built by Elgar corp of San Diego, specs 1000W, standby power, no software). These units worked fine for about the first year, but some time before the second year they began causing more power problems than they prevented. I lost my faith in the product line when the UPS in our main machine room started belching smoke. Apparently, the battery failed and took the circuit board -- and our 3B2 -- with it. The importance of a low battery warning and software control/automatic shutdown took on a new meaning for me at that point. Has anyone had good experiences with a UPS that comes with software for a 3B2? I know that AT&T is coming out with their own, but I don't know who the OEM is. Best Technologies sells a UPS (Model ME1.4KVA, on-line power, surge protection, 3B2 software, lots of features on the software) for about $2000. I've heard good things about the company, and it looks like a nice box and some nice code, but the $2000 x 8 sites is somewhat daunting. I don't want to get cheap (we paid for that last time), but I have to justify the cost to my boss before we can buy. Is this a You Get What You Pay For market? Is there another good UPS with AT&T software for less money? (Is the Best Technologies UPS as good as it looks?) Any advice would be greatly appreciated, -- Fred Worley System Administrator University of Wisconsin - Madison Dept. of Family Medicine and Practice fworley@fammed.wisc.edu