Monthly Archives: June 2013

UPSalert – My solution to Graceful Server Shutdowns on Power Loss

UPS’s are truly great devices! They save your butt when you have a short power out, or grandma accidentally has her curling iron and hair dryer on at the same time. But with a known runtime, you need a way to gracefully shutdown your systems to prevent data loss. Well, with APC PowerChute not looking very friendly, I decided to just go out and make my own little tool, and here it is! May I present to you, UPSalert – My solution to graceful server shutdowns on power loss.

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