Recommendation for an UPS

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨dosse91@lemmy.trippy.pizza⁩ to ⁨selfhosted@lemmy.world⁩

I’m looking for a new UPS to replace an almost 10 years old APC beast that’s having issues, but I’m not sure what to buy.

I’ll be using it to power a small home server and some network equipment in an area where there are occasional power outages (but they last 2-3 hours). My requirements are:

300-600€ range
At least 1500VA, 900W
Doesn’t make noise unless it’s on battery
Must not require proprietary software to monitor it or to calibrate the battery and other basic stuff (if it works with apcupsd or NUT it would be perfect)
No weird battery format

What would you recommend?

Thanks!

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Pulsar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Eaton is my recommendation. Look at the 5S1500 (modified subway) or 5SC1500.

eaton.com/…/eaton-5-series-ups-brochure-br153013e…

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ByteWizard@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Eaton. Just replaced most of our APC with them and have been pretty impressed so far.

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- VeryNiiiice@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  How much does a Eaton ups cost?
  
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computabloke@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Doesn’t meet your power requirements (only up to 850VA) but i recommend Cyberpower Bric meets the rest. I have mine connected to my Proxmox host, usb passthrough to VM running Hassio with the NUT add-on. Neat little LCD and silent unless humming on battery. Can choose if you want an audible alarm.

APC still very well regarded UPS for small business, and your specs seems like they should be achievable across many leading brands. Have you looked into latest models for your spec?

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- Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I don’t know how it is with monitoring but apc is a pos with their softwares.
  One day they want PowerChute Business Edition then Serial Shutdown while eoling the old completely same UI software.
  It’s like they need the Business Edition 2.0 but are too bone headed to increase the version counter
  
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IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I have older 1500VA FSP running my hardware. I’ve changed batteries on it twice and it just keeps going and the batteries are easy to buy&replace. I suppose newer models are similar, but check the documentation before deciding.

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dosse91@lemmy.trippy.pizza ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Got myself an Eaton as many of you suggested. The fan is noisy af but I can probably replace it, other than that it’s perfect.

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jmp242@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I’m a big fan of cyberpower. If you want full remote management, buy one with the web control card, I’m pretty sure you can do anything via that. You should be able to get one in your pricerange.

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