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Re:That UPS you bought for your home server may not be as us... by magicalhippo on Monday August 10, 2020 @03:23PM (#24113012)
> Workstations should be on a Smart-UPS because the PSU capacitor won't have the capacity for a brownout with a Xeon-class CPU and multiple GPUs.

Also make sure it's rated for the load. My UPS went "lol nope" when I lost power while I was gaming, because I had forgotten about it when I went from single mid-range GPU to SLI top-end GPU...

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Re:That UPS you bought for your home server may not be as us... by yardie on Monday August 10, 2020 @03:34PM (#24113136)
Lots of users have desktops, monitors, chargers, and even heaters plugged into our UPSes. To them it's just a chunky power strip. They're lucky if they can squeak out more than 5 minutes on battery.
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Re:That UPS you bought for your home server may not be as us... by magicalhippo on Monday August 10, 2020 @04:31PM (#24113651)
Well if I had one minute that would have been plenty. But mine went right into "overload" after a second and shut itself off.
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