Hello Folks,
I have the parts on order for my new FreeNAS box and I want to make sure I protect them, so I will be buying a UPS. My current setup is as follows (all of which is in a rack):
-1U Celeron pfSense router (Sandy Bridge)
-2U Celeron PC (Sandy Bridge)
-4U FreeNAS box with Ivy Bridge proc and 6 7200RPM HDD's (Not built yet)
-4U ESXi Server - Xeon 1230v2, 5 HDD's, 32GB RAM
I have my eye on an APC BR1500G with 1500 VA / 865 W capacity. My first concern is the FreeNAS box and then the ESXi box and as long as the other machines are on surge protected outlets I'm happy. Total power failures are relatively rare here so regarding run time I am happy to have the machines shut down after one minute on battery backup. After they are shut down safely I will deal with it when I am able. I know there are a couple of options regarding the shutting down of multiple machines from one USB cable so I will work that out. I just want to make sure that this UPS will have enough juice to do what I want. I really don't think all four of those systems running full tilt would draw 865W, so I think I'm safe but I just wanted to check here first since a UPS is so highly recommended.
As a point of reference all of the systems WITHOUT the FreeNAS box (its down at the moment) are drawing about 200W at the moment as measured by a crappy kill-o-watt meter. They are all basically at idle though.
I have the parts on order for my new FreeNAS box and I want to make sure I protect them, so I will be buying a UPS. My current setup is as follows (all of which is in a rack):
-1U Celeron pfSense router (Sandy Bridge)
-2U Celeron PC (Sandy Bridge)
-4U FreeNAS box with Ivy Bridge proc and 6 7200RPM HDD's (Not built yet)
-4U ESXi Server - Xeon 1230v2, 5 HDD's, 32GB RAM
I have my eye on an APC BR1500G with 1500 VA / 865 W capacity. My first concern is the FreeNAS box and then the ESXi box and as long as the other machines are on surge protected outlets I'm happy. Total power failures are relatively rare here so regarding run time I am happy to have the machines shut down after one minute on battery backup. After they are shut down safely I will deal with it when I am able. I know there are a couple of options regarding the shutting down of multiple machines from one USB cable so I will work that out. I just want to make sure that this UPS will have enough juice to do what I want. I really don't think all four of those systems running full tilt would draw 865W, so I think I'm safe but I just wanted to check here first since a UPS is so highly recommended.
As a point of reference all of the systems WITHOUT the FreeNAS box (its down at the moment) are drawing about 200W at the moment as measured by a crappy kill-o-watt meter. They are all basically at idle though.