I know this is more hardware related, so please let me know if I should move this post elsewhere.

I built my first server earlier this year, and put buying a UPS on the back burner. Unfortunately for me, this might have already been my biggest mistake since going down this rabbit hole. The rental I’ll be in for at least another 10 months has some questionable wiring (a lot of rooms/outlets wired to the same breaker), which I believe has created some electrical anomalies and possibly killed some of my computer components. The memory on my PC went first, and now the 7-month-old PSU on my server is toast.

Bear in mind, I am not an electrician, so I could be entirely wrong on why this has happened. Regardless, it’s time I invest in a UPS. I have searched forums, blogs, YouTube, and cannot find consistent pros and cons for any of the big manufacturers. It seems like APC and CyberPower are the two big consumer grade manufacturers, which is probably what I should be looking at.

Here is what my server currently consists of:

Type Item Notes
CPU Intel Core i3-10100
CPU Cooler Thermalright Peerless Assassin
Motherboard MSI MAG B560M
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-2666 CL16 Memory
Storage Crucial P3 1 TB NVME SSD X2
Storage Hitachi Ultrastar He12 12 TB HDD
Storage Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC520 12 TB HDD X2
Case Fractal Design Define 7
Power Supply be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 550 Replacement until I finish the RMA process on the dead power supply.
OS Unraid
Estimated Wattage 238W I have not tested this personally, but I will say the server is never really being stressed all that much.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

  • lnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)@feddit.nlEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I have 5 300 VA units, 2x cheap brand, 2x CyberPower, 1x Eaton.
    I think 2 of them don’t have a transformer.

    Does it matter? All have a 9 Ah 12 V battery.
    It will last few to 20 minutes maybe.
    No issues so far (battery capacity loss excluded).

    Recently, as someone recommends, all batteries are outside of UPS enclosure,
    lower temperature. Which could affect battery lifetime.

    More power, more money 👀