Which UPS?

I've got an old (10 years!) UPS that I use for my Server, its basically an ATOM doing a bit more than NAS.

It's on the blink.

What's a good compact UPS that gives about 5 mins of power for 5 HDDs + Atom board? Would be interested if anyone knows of any 12v ones, as the system runs of a 12v DC source

Would it be rude to say a car battery?

I had a friend who ran a low powered server from a car battery, and charged the battery with a solar panel. Could do the same idea with a mains charger?

Thats pretty much what a UPS is :) my APC one can hook up extra batteries - though you probably want more of a deep cycle leisure battery from a caravan :)

what about one of these ?
http://linitx.com/product/12438
http://e.molioner.dk/projects/ups/

I'll be honest, was wanting something quick and lazy! Not got time to roll my own right now, plus this been my local backup server for my home PCs I'd sooner have something a bit more trustworthy!

Cheap UPS' are not worth even thinking about.

Buy something with user serviceable batteries and you are good to go for years.

(apc 1000 here)

I have an APC 1000 UPS that I have been using for about 6 years. Pretty dependable. Definitely shouldn't go cheap.

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Originally Posted by TheAnimus

I've got an old (10 years!) UPS that I use for my Server, its basically an ATOM doing a bit more than NAS.

It's on the blink.

What's a good compact UPS that gives about 5 mins of power for 5 HDDs + Atom board? Would be interested if anyone knows of any 12v ones, as the system runs of a 12v DC source

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depends entirely on your power requirements really! is it a server with a million core cpu its going to need more than a single core always idle machine