What size UPS?

[carbon8ed]

If I select hibernate as you say at 20% - what will happen if power is out for longer - will the UPS eventually shut the PC off or will it hibernate until no power and then just turn off. It's the 'just turn off' that gives me hassle in that at restart it'll need an hour or so to verify the RAID10 data on 1TB of storage across 4 drives. Therefore, the preferred option is to shut down properly (sorry if I have misunderstood), what I would also like is of the power is restored then the PC comes back on which I think is set in the BIOS anyway.

Another question, I am using 2/5 lights on the power draw - is there a formula for calculating how many rigs I can attach before the UPS will not be any use to shut the machines down etc?

Cheers

 

[carbon8ed]

Right click-taskbar > Properties > Notification Area. Under System Icons, Power.

Set-up Vista to hibernate when UPS power is down to 20%. Quite handy if not around to initiate a shut-down & or if working on something which you'd loose if you shut down

Cheers for that, says running 100% charged and at full power, BUT tried to install UPS software and it says can't find battery, LED is on saying no battery connected, apparebtly this can happen if they've been stored for a while and obviously lost charge - I know mine was stored for around six months - 10pm tonight I'll follow manual instructions on restarting to try and correct this

Cheers again