Re: Cheap UPS at Ebuyer

["Andy Whitfield" <andywhitfield2002@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ahh, I see now why its only 60-80Watts.
Its always a problem when I'm asked how long will a UPS power=20
someones servers or PC.
I think of servers drawing between 100 to 250 Watts and PCs with a=20
monitor between 125 to 200 Watts (more for a top games/graphics PC).
As the power consumption varies so much, it's difficult to give=20
anyone an accurate runtime figure.  You can never have too much=20
runtime but you can have too little.
Andy

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, LeeUKHA <mailinglists@v...> wrote:
> It bobs about a bit, between 60W and 80w but  both the UPS and=20
Maplins=20
> plug-in power meter both report pretty much the same.
> The server  was built to run on as little juice as possible... :)
>=20
> Lee
>=20
> Andy Whitfield wrote:
>=20
> > 65Watts sounds rather low for a server.
> > Did you measure it?  Or are you going by what the UPS indicates
> > through Powerchute?
> > UPSs don't always indicate the correct load.
> > Andy
> >
> > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, LeeUKHA <mailinglists@v...> wrote:
> > > Well, the APC UPS on My Little Server (TM), is a 500VA
one.=20
With a
> > 2GHz
> > > Athlon, 512M RAM, 1 hard drive, no DVD/CD, no keyboard,
no=20
mouse,
> > no
> > > monitor, onboard VGA low performance graphics and NO
MONITOR, it
> > draws
> > > about 65W on average and the runtime is about 29mins.
> > >
> > > I'm guessing that big CPUs, big graphics, and monitors
are=20
going to
> > > treble or quadruple the wattage and the runtime will drop
> > accordingly.
> > >
> > > Lee
> > >
> > >
> > > Dean Smith wrote:
> > >
> > > > Any rule of thumb for how long 650VA is likely to give
for
> > a "decent"
> > > > PC....
> > > >   i.e. P4 3.2,  Nividia 6800GT, 1 x HDD + 17" TFT
> > > >
> > > >   is the 15 mins realistic - or is it more likely to be
2/3
> > mins ? Not
> > > > going
> > > > to be playing HL2 when the powers gone, but be nice if
it=20
wasnt a
> > complete
> > > > panic ;-)
> > > >
> > > >   Think the server may get one of the 1200VA for
=A345=20
delivered.
> > > >
> > > >   Dean
> > > >
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