Sleep and UPS/Backup issues
I am rethinking my UPS backup requirement.
To me AVR (Automatic Voltage Regulation) may be way more important than software to shut down my iMac upon a power outage. Power outages are less frequent lately, but power fluctuations are still with me in my neighborhood, and probably were the reasons for a crashy iMac DVSE.
If my iMac DVSE and G5 are both in sleep and on the UPS, and the power goes out, I figure the power USEAGE will be small and the batteries will last pretty long - so no need for shut down. I guess I just need to know what the specs are for energy useage to calculate battery time.
Thoughts?
To me AVR (Automatic Voltage Regulation) may be way more important than software to shut down my iMac upon a power outage. Power outages are less frequent lately, but power fluctuations are still with me in my neighborhood, and probably were the reasons for a crashy iMac DVSE.
If my iMac DVSE and G5 are both in sleep and on the UPS, and the power goes out, I figure the power USEAGE will be small and the batteries will last pretty long - so no need for shut down. I guess I just need to know what the specs are for energy useage to calculate battery time.
Thoughts?
G5 Imac 20/Isight, imacdvse 500, Mac OS X (10.4.6), 500M RAM/G5; 30G HD, 1G RAM, 120 Ext. HD