Hi All,
Apologies if this is in the wrong community.
I’m looking to get a UPS for my home server. It runs Homeassistant, Plex, and a few other things. I mainly need something to protect from power flickers/blips, and for it to allow a proper shutdown for prolonged power outages.
Here is the power useage on all my devices:
- Server: 350w
- NAS: 90w
- Router: 42w
Any info on what to look for or which model to buy would be greatly appreciated.
I would say the UPS tier list is:
- Eaton
- APC
- CyberPower
I highly recommend you watch this video by Lawrence Systems. It’s long, but worth the watch.
PSA about CyberPower. Your mileage my vary.
Also, some APC software now requires a license (not sure if this is home or business). You can use NUT as an alternative.
The cheapest CyberPower/APC that is pure sine wave should be just fine.
We use some UPSs at work for backup power at different data centers. We have a mix of APC and Eaton models.
Can’t speak to the electrical capabilities, but APC is so much easier to monitor and programmatically control because they follow the UPS RFC.
Eaton has all custom SNMP endpoints and custom REST APIs. If you just want something to setup and forget I guess it doesn’t matter, but I something to be aware of if you were planning on some automation
The question I have, why doesn’t anybody make a consumer grade UPS with a built in lifepo4 battery. I see lots of videos about how you can DIY one, but I would hate to destroy a fine battery.
Why purchase UPS and not FedEx instead?
