Catastrophic disk failure, where was smartd?

[Les Mikesell]

Tim wrote:

>> I can't tell you how many UPS's I've seen that are supposedly good, 
>> but have 5+ year old batteries in them. 
> 
> How many let you hot swap a battery?  Surely that's a requirement, to be
> able to change an aging component, without having to power down the
> computer that it's supply.  It is supposed to be an *uninterrupted*
> power supply.

No, if you want your computer to stay up continuously, get the kind with 
dual power supplies and plug them into 2 different UPS's. That way you 
can replace one at a time.

> But out of the small number of consumer aimed UPSs that I've actually
> been able to see, they're virtually a sealed box.

Yes, they serve a purpose, but keeping something running non-stop for 10 
years isn't it.

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