I'm glad I have an UPS on my RAID5 array...

NickK · 8 May 2006 at 22:29

Here's a snippit from the apcupsd.events log from my RAID5 array:

Fri Jul 01 21:53:12 BST 2005 apcupsd 3.10.17 (18 March 2005) suse startup succeeded
....
Wed Jul 27 06:19:35 BST 2005 apcupsd exiting, signal 15
Wed Jul 27 06:19:35 BST 2005 apcupsd shutdown succeeded
Wed Jul 27 19:41:13 BST 2005 apcupsd 3.10.17 (18 March 2005) suse startup succeeded
Sun Aug 14 00:56:17 BST 2005 Power failure.
Sun Aug 14 00:56:23 BST 2005 Running on UPS batteries.
Sun Aug 14 00:56:23 BST 2005 Mains returned. No longer on UPS batteries.
Sun Aug 14 00:56:23 BST 2005 Power is back. UPS running on mains.
Sun Aug 14 01:01:49 BST 2005 Power failure.
Sun Aug 14 01:01:51 BST 2005 Power is back. UPS running on mains.
Sun Aug 14 02:28:34 BST 2005 Power failure.
Sun Aug 14 02:28:40 BST 2005 Running on UPS batteries.
Sun Aug 14 02:28:40 BST 2005 Mains returned. No longer on UPS batteries.
Sun Aug 14 02:28:40 BST 2005 Power is back. UPS running on mains.
Sun Aug 14 02:37:26 BST 2005 Power failure.
Sun Aug 14 02:37:32 BST 2005 Running on UPS batteries.
Sun Aug 14 02:37:32 BST 2005 Mains returned. No longer on UPS batteries.
Sun Aug 14 02:37:32 BST 2005 Power is back. UPS running on mains.
Sun Aug 14 04:02:53 BST 2005 Power failure.
Sun Aug 14 04:02:59 BST 2005 Running on UPS batteries.
Sun Aug 14 04:02:59 BST 2005 Mains returned. No longer on UPS batteries.
Sun Aug 14 04:02:59 BST 2005 Power is back. UPS running on mains.
Sun Sep 18 16:14:19 BST 2005 apcupsd exiting, signal 15
Sun Sep 18 16:14:19 BST 2005 apcupsd shutdown succeeded
Sun Sep 18 16:16:10 BST 2005 apcupsd 3.10.17 (18 March 2005) suse startup succeeded
Sun Nov 20 17:21:07 GMT 2005 apcupsd exiting, signal 15
Sun Nov 20 17:21:07 GMT 2005 apcupsd shutdown succeeded
Sun Nov 20 17:41:19 GMT 2005 apcupsd 3.10.17 (18 March 2005) suse startup succeeded
Fri Nov 25 16:28:35 GMT 2005 Power failure.
Fri Nov 25 16:28:37 GMT 2005 Power is back. UPS running on mains.
Thu May 04 18:51:52 BST 2006 Power failure.
Thu May 04 18:51:54 BST 2006 Power is back. UPS running on mains.
Fri May 05 05:48:46 BST 2006 Power failure.
Fri May 05 05:48:47 BST 2006 Power is back. UPS running on mains.
Mon May 08 07:54:20 BST 2006 Power failure.
Mon May 08 07:54:26 BST 2006 Power is back. UPS running on mains.

/pats the APC BackUPS CS 500VA

Uptime 169 days since I cleaned it's internals.. due for another clean out soon!

edit: added "CS"

Energize · 8 May 2006 at 22:37

You wouldnt be saying that if it was belkin

Sun Aug 14 00:56:17 BST 2005 Power failure.
Sun Aug 14 00:56:23 BST 2005 BOOM!!!

squiffy · 8 May 2006 at 22:39

Sun Aug 14 00:56:23 BST 2005 Mains returned. No longer on UPS batteries.
Sun Aug 14 00:56:23 BST 2005 Power is back. UPS running on mains.
Sun Aug 14 00:56:45 BST 2005 Performed motherboard BIOS flash
Sun Aug 14 01:01:49 BST 2005 Power failure.
Sun Aug 14 01:01:51 BST 2005 Power is back. UPS running on mains.
Sun Aug 14 01:01:60 BST 2005 PC is dead.
Sun Aug 14 02:28:34 BST 2005 Power failure.

monkeypants · 8 May 2006 at 22:41

squiffy said:
Sun Aug 14 00:56:23 BST 2005 Mains returned. No longer on UPS batteries.
Sun Aug 14 00:56:23 BST 2005 Power is back. UPS running on mains.
Sun Aug 14 00:56:45 BST 2005 Performed motherboard BIOS flash
Sun Aug 14 01:01:49 BST 2005 Power failure.
Sun Aug 14 01:01:51 BST 2005 Power is back. UPS running on mains.
Sun Aug 14 01:01:60 BST 2005 PC is dead.
Sun Aug 14 02:28:34 BST 2005 Power failure.

Since when was there a 01:01:60? :eek:

kinggost · 8 May 2006 at 22:51

monkeypants said:
Since when was there a 01:01:60?

either some one got it wrong it its first time i known a comp to be wrong

NightmareXX · 8 May 2006 at 22:57

How long would a UPS of that standard last without any power?

NickK · 8 May 2006 at 23:09

NightmareXX said:
How long would a UPS of that standard last without any power?

that ups will last 8-10 minutes. The idea of the ups is to cover minor glitches and brownouts with the ability to perform a controlled shutdown in the event of a longer power outage.

IIRC the array is set to shutdown at 75%. Plenty of time to shutdown.

lol @ 01:01:60

Energize · 8 May 2006 at 23:11

http://www.apc.com/products/runtime_for_extendedruntime.cfm?upsfamily=165

Some of their ups systems last over 4 hours for a standard pc

mosfet · 8 May 2006 at 23:41

Am I missing something? Does a power failure kill RAID5 setups?

Joe42 · 8 May 2006 at 23:59

Power constantly flicking on and off and jumping about all over the place will kill anything after a time. Brownouts are the worst, where power is half on and half off for a few miliseconds or even seconds.

Must get myself a ups, must not be tempted by cheap belkin ones coz apparently they turn on some time after they loose power!

ErNciLator · 9 May 2006 at 03:50

funny 61 seconds a minute

.

idk about ups, kinda overkill for a home pc no?

NickK · 9 May 2006 at 06:30

ErNciLator said:
funny 61 seconds a minute .

idk about ups, kinda overkill for a home pc no?

It's a standlone fileserver that runs 24/7 for the house headless. I don't even run CP.net on it!

My main PC doesn't store data other than windows and games installs.

Tomsk · 9 May 2006 at 06:42

monkeypants said:
Since when was there a 01:01:60?

There was - 23:59:60 31 December 2005

monkeypants · 9 May 2006 at 09:21

Tomsk said:
There was - 23:59:60 31 December 2005

No, you see that arguement is flawed, this extra second is on a random minute at a random date. Don't go throwing your science gubbins at me!

Otacon · 9 May 2006 at 10:56

I have a pair of 5U, 5000va UPS devices arriving on Thursday. Theoretical uptime of 8 hours...... each* :eek:

*With a load of about 50watts... little under what we'll use of course

earlyflash · 9 May 2006 at 13:19

Ouch, that's some inconsistent power, you don't live in California by any chance?