Hello, all. I'm looking for an UPS model for our desktops. We have 50+ stations and power problems int his building. Every Monday, I come in to find workstations stuck at bootup after, what appears to be, a power outage of some sort. Our lights dim throughout the week and I have not the experience necessary to even attempt to elaborate beyond that. May I have a few recommendations of suitable UPS models for our needs? Based on what I've found through Google, I think we need something to clean the power up and provide a few minutes of battery backup to carry us through the outages/surges/whatever this problem is.
I've read about Stage 1 power filtering, etc. but I don't really understand it enough to select an UPS on my own. As long as we're going to spend the money, if we do in fact choose to do so, then I would like to be able to monitor the power use of each station by the time of day. So if something is using power in the evening and they aren't a VPN user, I may configure them to shut down in the evening. I would also like to be able to adjust one station and compare it to one I haven't touched. I don't expect to be able to make many adjustments through the UPS software interface. I plan to do that through the server group policy.
Each UPS will need to support the following equipment:
Battery backup - CPU running a Core i7 w/DVD burner, and one 22" monitor.
Non-battery backup - Laser desktop printer, an additional 22" monitor, a ScanSnap S1500 document scanner, speakers, iPad/iPhone charger, laptop charger, two network cables (one with with power-over-ethernet), and a label printer.
Budget: We're trying to stay as close to $100 ea. I can consider surpassing that but that's where we stand at the moment.
Thank you in advance!!
I've read about Stage 1 power filtering, etc. but I don't really understand it enough to select an UPS on my own. As long as we're going to spend the money, if we do in fact choose to do so, then I would like to be able to monitor the power use of each station by the time of day. So if something is using power in the evening and they aren't a VPN user, I may configure them to shut down in the evening. I would also like to be able to adjust one station and compare it to one I haven't touched. I don't expect to be able to make many adjustments through the UPS software interface. I plan to do that through the server group policy.
Each UPS will need to support the following equipment:
Battery backup - CPU running a Core i7 w/DVD burner, and one 22" monitor.
Non-battery backup - Laser desktop printer, an additional 22" monitor, a ScanSnap S1500 document scanner, speakers, iPad/iPhone charger, laptop charger, two network cables (one with with power-over-ethernet), and a label printer.
Budget: We're trying to stay as close to $100 ea. I can consider surpassing that but that's where we stand at the moment.
Thank you in advance!!