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Any recommendations on a decent APC? (piefed.social)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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I have an old APC that works decently well. But Im going to be switching around some stuff around the house and want to get a new one. I have some plans for the old one, but im looking for a couple of things:

Able to communicate with my server (Linux Debian box) that pulls down max 60W. And the router which pulls down around 20W. So lets round up to about 100W just
I want it to NOT beep like crazy when the power goes out. I believe theres a setting somewhere that allows you to do that, but its been a while and my old APCs dont have that option.
Have about an hour or so battery life. I figure if the power goes out longer than that, then we just need to shut off the servers gracefully. I care more about the hardware than 100% uptime. We get hickups from PG&E from time to time and thats what im protecting mostly from.
Id like to have it under 200 if possible. I think thats doable?

Anyways what do you recommend?

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[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Does it acrually have to be an APC (the brand) or can it be whatever brand of UPS?

[–] schwim@piefed.zip 0 points 5 days ago

I would bet this is a "kleenex/bandaid" deal and any brand UPS would suffice.