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UPS question
Name: lily5 Date: February 22, 2005 at 12:18:20 Pacific OS: W XP sp2 CPU/Ram: 512
Comment:
What is the difference between smart and back up UPS except of the price?
Name: Misse Date: February 22, 2005 at 13:09:48 Pacific
Reply:
APC smart-UPS products are for servers and data networks. (network managing) The Back-UPS line is more aimed for workstation use. You can see this in available sizes too :)
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Response Number 2
Name: heropsycho2177 Date: February 22, 2005 at 18:40:11 Pacific
Reply:
Smart UPS products usually come with the capability to gracefully shut your computer down in the event of a power failure automatically.
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Response Number 3
Name: Misse Date: February 23, 2005 at 03:19:02 Pacific
Reply:
So do Back-UPSes. The main difference for a home user, is remote (network) managing on smarts.
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Response Number 4
Name: schme Date: January 2, 2006 at 18:44:55 Pacific
Reply:
APC Back-UPS units only provide square wave power when on the inverter. Smart-UPS units are true sine-wave outputs -- cleaner power. Smart-UPS units also have AVR (automatic voltage regulation.)
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