Hi All,

Apologies if this is in the wrong community.

I’m looking to get a UPS for my home server. It runs Homeassistant, Plex, and a few other things. I mainly need something to protect from power flickers/blips, and for it to allow a proper shutdown for prolonged power outages.

Here is the power useage on all my devices:

  • Server: 350w
  • NAS: 90w
  • Router: 42w

Any info on what to look for or which model to buy would be greatly appreciated.

  • boothin@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Look into NUT, Network UPS Tools. It runs in a server/client type of set up. You’d install the server onto the device that has the UPS data connected to it. It then monitors the UPS status and can tell all the clients to shutdown when the UPS is running low.

    • Chup@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      Hm but that adds a lot more complexity, as then every single network item has to have an UPS as well, right? Certainly not a problem for a company with server room and racks. But at home in a house, the hardware might be spread out across rooms and floors. If there is a switch somewhere without UPS, it will cut off certain clients from receiving the signal via network upon power outage.

      • chronically_crazy@lemmy.worldOP
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        1 year ago

        I don’t think an additional UPS is really necessary here. I do have switches to other parts of my network, but they’re just for TVs and game consoles, so I don’t really think a UPS is needed there.

        It’s mostly a failsafe so I can poweroff my NAS properly rather than corrupting data. Since my server and router are on the same power strip, it makes sense that they’re all on the UPS since they’re the 3 main items interacting with each other.

        Something with NUT as boothin@kbin.social mentioned might be a good option so it can send alerts when it’s activated. I’ll have to research that more.

        Edit: figured out how to mention other users.