Subj : Re: Queen City BBS Power Issues
To   : TheNerd
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Aug 09 2024 08:59 am

  Re: Re: Queen City BBS Power Issues
  By: TheNerd to Gamgee on Thu Aug 08 2024 11:55 am

 Ga>> Well, it's not so much that.  You could easily prevent the issue by
 Ga>> simply having the equipment on a UPS.  Because it's a "hobby" makes it
 Ga>> not important enough for a $75 UPS?

 Th> Really?   Of course it isn't important enough for a UPS.  Good lord man,
 Th> people priorities should not land with the BBS being #1.  Mine also
 Th> doesn't sit on a UPS.  If it goes down..  its down..  this isn't an ISP
 Th> with thousands of clients PAYING for service, its a toy.  At some point I
 Th> may get a UPS but I'm not going to prioritize one and neither should the
 Th> other guy..

IMO, it's not that it's not important enough for a UPS.  Probably not, but also, I think a sudden loss of power could potentially cause damage to a computer. I know modern operating systems & filesystems are more resilient than older ones, so loss of data is probably less likely, and maybe PC hardware is more resilient than it used to be too..  I still feel like I want to protect my hardware though.  Also I guess I don't mind spending the money on a UPS to keep my PC going so that it can shut down safely if the power goes off.

Also, in the summer months, I tend to draw more power than the winter, as I hvae a couple of air conditioners in my apartment that I run when the weather gets hot. While they're running, sometimes if something else happens to draw enough power, a circuit will break, causing a loss of power.  That has happened multiple times recently, and I like that the UPS kept the PC running in the minute or so it took me to flip the breaker switch to get the power back on.

Nightfox
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