<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Raymond McLaughlin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:driveray@ameritech.net">driveray@ameritech.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Tim Schmidt wrote:<br>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Raymond McLaughlin<br>
> <<a href="mailto:driveray@ameritech.net">driveray@ameritech.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>> I can't say you're wrong, but can you point to any published<br>
>> comparisons, or are you relying on surmise?<br>
><br>
> One example among many from Ted Tso:<br>
> <a href="http://www.crackmonkey.org/%7Enick/mail/why-reiserfs-is-teh-sukc" target="_blank">http://www.crackmonkey.org/~nick/mail/why-reiserfs-is-teh-sukc</a><br>
><br>
> --tim<br>
<br>
</div>Hm. Interesting link. A bit dated, but still worth the read. Thanks.<br>
Ray<br>
<div><div></div> <br></div></blockquote><div>Alas, most of us do in fact use<br>PC hardware, so I guess the message<br>is to either make sure electricity is<br>always available, that no hardware ever<br>fails, or get more expensive hardware.<br>
<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_%28computing%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_%28computing%29</a><br><br>I seem to remember that years ago one<br>of the signals was to be used so the UPS<br>could signal the system that it couldn't<br>
hold the power up much longer. Think ice<br>storm, power plug pulled, etc. The system<br>would then put the system to bed gracefully.<br>If nothing else, there are two user defined<br>signal.<br><br>Seems one wouldn't need a very big UPS<br>
in that case, and I'd think even a big <br>capacitor and arrangement could do the<br>job if properly designed. i.e., turn those<br>voltage delays in to a virtue.<br><br>I don't use one - do most el-cheapo UPS's<br>
come with such signal outputs, and what<br>would a typical PC do with them? If anything.<br>I know it was a premium feature years ago.<br><br> -- Bob<br><br></div></div>