I just have a concern about fan noise and was wondering how loud or quiet these things are since I will be sitting next to it all day when working. It doesn’t need to be silent, since nothing else in the rack, though currently nothing like the levels of typical rack equipment.
Not really what you’re asking for, but there are enclosed racks with sound isolation. Though they are a bit pricey, to my way of thinking.
I’ve got the PR1500ELCDRT2U in my storage room and when it is just passing through mains then it is completely silent once it’s ether charging or running of the batterys than the fan kicks in but that’s it
I suppose if you want to tinker with the device remotely the cloud feature might be useful. However, I know I have personally never felt the need to tinker with a UPS. They are a set-it-and-forget-it appliance.
I just put a physical label on each one listing when the battery was last replaced, so I know when it is time to replace with a fresh one.
Edit: Nor do I trust them to keep up to date with security patches for an IoT UPS. Remember, the S in IoT stands for security. Don’t add any IoT devices to your network you don’t need to.
Yeah, I’d avoid the cloud version, but SNMP monitoring on the networked version is nice when you want multiple things to shutdown without relying on a single host.
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Not really what you’re asking for, but there are enclosed racks with sound isolation. Though they are a bit pricey, to my way of thinking.
I have a OR1500LCDRTXL2U on my desk and it’s silent unless running on battery.
I’ve got the PR1500ELCDRT2U in my storage room and when it is just passing through mains then it is completely silent once it’s ether charging or running of the batterys than the fan kicks in but that’s it
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I suppose if you want to tinker with the device remotely the cloud feature might be useful. However, I know I have personally never felt the need to tinker with a UPS. They are a set-it-and-forget-it appliance.
I just put a physical label on each one listing when the battery was last replaced, so I know when it is time to replace with a fresh one.
Edit: Nor do I trust them to keep up to date with security patches for an IoT UPS. Remember, the S in IoT stands for security. Don’t add any IoT devices to your network you don’t need to.
Yeah, I’d avoid the cloud version, but SNMP monitoring on the networked version is nice when you want multiple things to shutdown without relying on a single host.
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