[TriLUG] UPS daemons???

[Joel Ebel]

There are two popular UPS daemons.  apcupsd and nut (Network UPS Tools). 
  apcupsd is for APC UPSes only.  NUT works well with pretty much all of 
them.  NUT has some extra fancy features that some may appreciate, but 
if all you have is APC, I'd tend to stick with apcupsd.  I tend to think 
it has better support for the APC features.  That's what I use for 
everything, and I've never had problems with it.  It has an excellent 
method of controlling several servers connecting to the same UPS.

Joel

Hugh Crissman wrote:
> I just got an APC UPS and I am looking at various daemons and I can't
> tell which one is the "standard" or if one is better than the others.
> The only feature I know I want is the ability to shut down other Linux
> boxes that are not connected directly to the UPS, but are connected
> over the network. Thanks for your suggestions.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Hugh Crissman
>