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HI all I have my NAS connnected to a APC UPS with a USB cable. The NAS has detected the UPS. My question is in the NAS menu, under system, shutdown, status, UPS configuration under 'Select sh...

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StephenB
Oct 31, 2016
HenryV wrote:

So do I understand that I need to use NUT software to accomplish this? How does it work? On PC's? What about my NAS? Of course its on the network. Does it recognize a signal from NUT??

You could use NUT, installing it on your PC.

There is another option. Some networked UPS equipment uses a protocol called SNMP to communicate power events. The ReadyNAS does support SNMP for selected models - there is a list here: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/23121/~/how-do-i-add-a-ups-to-my-readynas-os-6-storage-system The UPS manufacturer should provide monitoring software for the PCs.

One way or another, you need to make sure the network stays up until the power events are communicated to everything that shuts itself down. One advantage of sotrack's strategy is that shutting down the servers immediately makes that fairly simple. The UPS would then keep the network up (router/switches/wifi) until the battery drains. In my case the network equipment uses quite a bit less power than the various ReadyNAS..

However, if you have a fair amount of equipment to protect (or if that equipment isn't all co-located) you will need more than one UPS anyway.

StephenB

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Oct 31, 2016

HenryV wrote:

So do I understand that I need to use NUT software to accomplish this? How does it work? On PC's? What about my NAS? Of course its on the network. Does it recognize a signal from NUT??

You could use NUT, installing it on your PC.

There is another option. Some networked UPS equipment uses a protocol called SNMP to communicate power events. The ReadyNAS does support SNMP for selected models - there is a list here: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/23121/~/how-do-i-add-a-ups-to-my-readynas-os-6-storage-system The UPS manufacturer should provide monitoring software for the PCs.

One way or another, you need to make sure the network stays up until the power events are communicated to everything that shuts itself down. One advantage of sotrack's strategy is that shutting down the servers immediately makes that fairly simple. The UPS would then keep the network up (router/switches/wifi) until the battery drains. In my case the network equipment uses quite a bit less power than the various ReadyNAS..

However, if you have a fair amount of equipment to protect (or if that equipment isn't all co-located) you will need more than one UPS anyway.