W2k Server definately needs a UPS

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James W. Long

Yep its the truth.
Because active directory maintains its database
files and they are always open.

I shutdown a system without a UPS
and it took quite a long while to come back.
I got stuck a couple times there and I
had to restart again. Almost made
a failed intall out uf an upgrade.

So,,,,I count myself lucky.
And I went out and got one
that shuts the system down in an orderly fashion
when power is lost. I feel better now,

Take my word for it, you will too.


James W. Long.
 
James W. Long said:
Yep its the truth.
Because active directory maintains its database
files and they are always open.

I shutdown a system without a UPS
and it took quite a long while to come back.
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Yes, it does.

And I probably shouldn't tell you the following:
It almost always recovers 99.999% of the time.

The problem with that is people will read it and
say, "I won't be the one who loses it."

One the other hand, you should have other DCs and
backups too.
 
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James W. Long said:
Yep its the truth.
Because active directory maintains its database
files and they are always open.

I shutdown a system without a UPS
and it took quite a long while to come back.
I got stuck a couple times there and I
had to restart again. Almost made
a failed intall out uf an upgrade.

So,,,,I count myself lucky.
And I went out and got one
that shuts the system down in an orderly fashion
when power is lost. I feel better now,

Take my word for it, you will too.


James W. Long.
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Hmm... this sounds really really familiar! :-)

So James, curious, what brand/model and how much did it cost? Did you use
those links I mentioned?

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Dear Ace:

I got a Conext 900 VA, 500 watt, 52 min UPS from
Micorcenter, its exactly like an APC only black and
uses Powerechute or native UPS support,
normally $119.00 on sale for $59.00 !

Such a deal! :-) I have 2 boxes and a
hairy Viewsonic PT775 monitor on it.

James

P.S.
Also just eliminated my dual homed topology and added a
Linksys WRT54g wireless router. sweet. WEP encrypted
and mac address filtered. All the systems start and shutdown
faster because of that.topology change.





"Ace Fekay [MVP]"
 
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James W. Long said:
Dear Ace:

I got a Conext 900 VA, 500 watt, 52 min UPS from
Micorcenter, its exactly like an APC only black and
uses Powerechute or native UPS support,
normally $119.00 on sale for $59.00 !

Such a deal! :-) I have 2 boxes and a
hairy Viewsonic PT775 monitor on it.

James

P.S.
Also just eliminated my dual homed topology and added a
Linksys WRT54g wireless router. sweet. WEP encrypted
and mac address filtered. All the systems start and shutdown
faster because of that.topology change.
Click to expand...

$59.00 is a great deal for those things. And eliminating those extra cards
and putting in the Linksys is a wonderful thing!

Glad everything is running smooth.
:-)

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Ace

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Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory

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Dear Ace:

Yes, everthing but shutting down, rebooting and the disk write cache but
I'll email you.

James


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James W. Long said:
Dear Ace:

Yes, everthing but shutting down, rebooting and the disk write cache
but I'll email you.

James
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Replied privately.

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Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory

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