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Compare Apcupsd and Network UPS Tools (NUT)
Posted by muondude on Sun 26 Apr 2009 at 19:44
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I have been using Apcupsd with the APC UPS: Smart-UPS Model Number: DLA1500RM2U. The monitoring was done from a old Mac G4 which I am retiring and I'd like to move the monitoring to a Mac Mini (PPC) running lenny.

Both Apcupsd and NUT are available on lenny.

I have one UPS that I monitor and my monitoring/control needs are modest.
My DSL model, FireWall, and Web/Email and Backup servers are all that are connected (yes I know this UPS is probably overkill).

Any suggestions about which is the easiest to setup and maintain for a simple situation? Other pro/con issues?

TIA.

-- Sam

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Re: Compare Apcupsd and Network UPS Tools (NUT)
Posted by daemon (146.231.xx.xx) on Sun 26 Apr 2009 at 21:44
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In my experience apcupsd is the easier of the two to configure, and while NUT appeared to be more featureful when I first looked at UPS control/management software, I think apcupsd has more than reached parity.

Additionally, from what I can tell, apcupsd is the more active of the two projects.

I now have apcupsd running on all our servers, both *nix and MS, and I've never had any issues with it, save for a minor mutex problem on the win32 code that's now been fixed -- the mailing list is very responsive and full of good advice.

Cheers.
:wq

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Re: Compare Apcupsd and Network UPS Tools (NUT)
Posted by muondude (206.117.xx.xx) on Sun 26 Apr 2009 at 21:55
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Thanks.

On the Mac system I was running I installed Apcupsd from the package provided and it worked fine. So I'm inclined to stick with it.

-- Sam

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Re: Compare Apcupsd and Network UPS Tools (NUT)
Posted by Anonymous (12.14.xx.xx) on Mon 27 Apr 2009 at 02:45
I've used apcupsd for years on various servers. Straightforward to configure for simple setups, it's also capable of handling strange configurations - like multiple systems on multiple UPSes. Handy when you've got a box on a non-communicative ups. Just set it up to talk to one that is on an APC, and have apcupsd shut it down when the power goes.

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Re: Compare Apcupsd and Network UPS Tools (NUT)
Posted by muondude (206.117.xx.xx) on Tue 28 Apr 2009 at 05:08
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Thanks for the feedback.

I installed apcupsd.
Easy to configure and get the cgi scripts running!

-- Sam

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