UPS for mac pro

[bld44]

I recommend the 1500 AVR Cyberpower unit:
http://www.amazon.com/Cyberpower-CP...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1268675367&sr=1-1

I've had mine for about a year. I have my Mac Pro, 2 23" cinema displays and my 40" samsung TV hooked up to it. I don't think I've ever seen it draw more than 3/5 bars on the unit.

 

[wonderspark]

I'm puzzled: how can you think a fan control program could help you to keep wattage low ?

Well, if it's impossible, I apologize. Here's what I was thinking:

Before installing the program, my fans would idle at a hundred more RPM, and would ramp up to something like 3000-4000 (I forget now) RPM when encoding video. Now, they idle lower, and ramp up to about 1700 RPM max when encoding video using all processing power. I figured lower fan RPM might mean lower wattage. Am I an idiot for thinking this?

 

[Max(IT)]

Well, if it's impossible, I apologize. Here's what I was thinking:

Before installing the program, my fans would idle at a hundred more RPM, and would ramp up to something like 3000-4000 (I forget now) RPM when encoding video. Now, they idle lower, and ramp up to about 1700 RPM max when encoding video using all processing power. I figured lower fan RPM might mean lower wattage. Am I an idiot for thinking this?

No, you are not
I think the difference is negligible. During video encoding your system wattage is very very high and a few fans running at 1700 or 3000 rpm make little difference (if any).

 

[vja4Him]

I recommend the 1500 AVR Cyberpower unit:
http://www.amazon.com/Cyberpower-CP...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1268675367&sr=1-1

I've had mine for about a year. I have my Mac Pro, 2 23" cinema displays and my 40" samsung TV hooked up to it. I don't think I've ever seen it draw more than 3/5 bars on the unit.

I'm assuming this is a Smart UPS ...

Have you had the chance to see if your computer saves and shuts down during a power outage?

 

[nanofrog]

I'm assuming this is a Smart UPS ...

Have you had the chance to see if your computer saves and shuts down during a power outage?

Cyber Power = consumer model (runs off of the wall until the wall voltage dips below it's set value, which is likely 90V AC), not an enterprise unit as the Smart UPS is (runs on the battery 24/7 = no switching involved to/from the battery).

 

[Phantom Gremlin]

Also, don't confuse the APC Back UPS with the APC Smart UPS. The former don't generate true sine waves, most of the latter do. The latter are much much more expensive.

 

[yoink]

I just purchased a Smart-UPS 1000 (SMT1000). Plugged everything in (including the old 4 core 1st Generation MacPro) and as far as electricity goes... it works great. Yanked the plug from the wall to simulate a powerfailure and everything worked well (all the peripherals that could a kernel panic too) for a couple of minutes... battery sat at about 85% and then I decided to plug it back in.

The issue is that the UPS settings in "Energy Saver" aren't working. The device is connected to my mac pro via USB. It shows the right model: Smart-UPS 1000, FW:COM 01.1/ UPS.02.D

But no battery level. Furthermore, when I yanked the plug, the system reported that it was still on the "power adapter."

Any thoughts?