I've been using and recommending APC for all surge suppression and battery backup needs for many years and have always had very good success with them. Regardless of the manufacturer, though, the most important thing to consider is to ensure that you get a correctly sized unit to support your equipment. In the case of a battery backup, you'll need to ensure that the dependent equipment will continue to run at least long enough to safely shut down.<br>
<br>APC used to (probably still does) make power conditioners in addition to surge suppressors and battery backups. You said you're looking for a power conditioner. A power conditioner only smooths out the line...it's useless in the event of power outages. If that's what you need, then fine. But if you really want battery backup, make sure you're looking at the right product line! The UPSes will have the power conditioning plus battery plus surge suppression.<br>
<br>Something else to consider: Personally, I usually plug a surge suppressor into the wall outlet. Then plug the UPS into the surge suppressor. Then the protected equipment into the UPS. I figure it's cheaper to replace the surge suppressor than it is to replace the UPS and it's cheaper to replace the UPS than the equipment plugged into it. The system has served very well over the years!<br>
<br>If you want good information on the general workings of suppressors, conditioners, and battery backups, APC's website used to have lots of good, easy-to-digest, info. I assume they probably still do. They should also have info on how to correctly size the UPS you need. (Presumably other manufacturers will have similar info on their websites.)<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Marcy Kaiser <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kaiserma@oplin.org" target="_blank">kaiserma@oplin.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks to all who responded to my hard drive cartridge backup question – now I’m going to try your kindness again. I am looking at getting a rack mounted power conditioner for our servers/switches/etc.. Does anyone have a recommendation of one that works well for them.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank again,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Marcy Kaiser</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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