Recommend me a UPS

Thesnipergecko · 19 May 2018 at 09:50

I'm looking for a fairly small UPS to backup my Synology diskstation and Intel NUC in my data cabinet.

I don't need it to be smart enough to power down any of the devices. Just stay on long enough for me to power down the devices if/when there's a loss of power.

EsaT · 20 May 2018 at 16:17

I guess you want normal UK power sockets?

APC has some models but those have garbage capacitors and plastic shell without any ventilation, so not so good for lots of power on hours use.
Cyberpower BRIC's seems to have some airflow gaps, so those likely won't bake themselves so fast.
https://www.cyberpower.com/uk/en/product/sku/BR650ELCD

BongoHunter · 20 May 2018 at 16:35

Thesnipergecko said:
I don't need it to be smart enough to power down any of the devices. Just stay on long enough for me to power down the devices if/when there's a loss of power.

What if theres a powercut and your not at home? Or your asleep and dont here the alarm?

This one has USB connection (so does the smart bit), and depedning on the model and load of you synology/NUC might give you 20mins+

APC Back-UPS BX 700

Was about £65 and can supply upto 390w, if you do use it for graceful shutdown - do it via the NUC, and have a script that powers down your synology as part of the process

HoneyBadger · 17 Jun 2018 at 17:21

APC are considered the best, we also use them at work and they’re solid but expensive.

I have two at home, a 750 watt cyber power one which is about 8 years and only starting to give up (hope to just get a replacement battery)

The star really is my 1000 watt Eaton. It’s simple (but smart) and the software is shockingly bad but for the price, you can’t complain. The Eaton is completely silent too.

GeX · 17 Jun 2018 at 19:49

I have an APC Back-UPS BX 700 also. It runs my HP Microserver and all my network infra / switch gear. Think it was around £70