I agree that it’s less-critical than it was at one point. Any modern filesystem, including ext4 and btrfs, isn’t at risk of filesystem-level corruption, and a DBMS like PostgreSQL or MySQL should handle it at an application level. That being said, there is still other software out there that may take issue with being interrupted. Doing an apt upgrade is not guaranteed to handle power loss cleanly, for example.
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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
You probably don’t need a UPS especially if it is more than a small fraction of the budget.
Use a modern filesystem like ZFS and you will be fine.
tal@lemmy.today 1 month ago
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I’ve never had an issue personally. Actually repeated power loss is one of my tests when I make changes to my setup. Repeated power loss quickly reveals issues with startup and fail migration.
BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Its good for keeping your firewall or other services running, like homeassistant, during powered outages. But UPS also corrects power when it is dirty and protects your equipment.