UPS Replacement
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How often should you replace your UPS units (the unit itself not the batteries)? Is there a 'best practice'?
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@ccwtech said in UPS Replacement:
How often should you replace your UPS units (the unit itself not the batteries)? Is there a 'best practice'?
Workstation or server?
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For a server
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Can't say that I have ever run into a Best Practice on a UPS unit replacement. Batteries are a different story.
Batteries can last 1-3 years based on they run duty cycle during an outage. Three years is really the max I would trust in a UPS.
You can replace the batteries of course, but once this occurs I would maybe consider a replacement UPS unit within 18-24 months - mainly to keep 'fresh hardware' - a UPS is a small generator, and they will wear down.
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UPS normally I'd think solidly 10-20 years. Batteries have to be maintained, but the UPS itself is pretty rugged and good for a really long time.
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@scottalanmiller said in UPS Replacement:
UPS normally I'd think solidly 10-20 years. Batteries have to be maintained, but the UPS itself is pretty rugged and good for a really long time.
My server ones are 10 yrs old. On their third set of batteries.
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I would have to say that SERVER class UPS units - ones built by EATON, APC, and similar are of the higher level and yes would likely last for 10~ years...
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IN the last 10 years, I've replaced countless batteries but only replaced maybe 2 UPS's (both APC pieces of junk) . We are in may cases on 3rd or 4th set of batteries.
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I personally replace the battery backup enclosures every 6 to 8 years since we are also changing hardware of servers so that goes as well.
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We are replacing APCs here that are 8 years old or better, and have already gone through 2 sets of batteries.
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I had 4x TrippLite 3U 3000VA units with their SNMP Webcards for network monitoring and control. The webcards were horrible. I always had issues with them locking up, losing certain settings upon reboot/power-cycle (which required them to be physically removed from the chassis) and had to replace several of them. TrippLite support was just as bad as their products. I loved getting woken up by my PRTG alerts at 3 in the morning when it couldn't communicate with those stupid cards.
At the 5-year mark, I finally ditched them in favor of some Eaton 5PX3000RT2U units with the NMS network card. I had already been using 2 of those for over a year without issue for my edge switch rack and am using and am mostly pleased. So I now have 6. I also have some 3rd gen PDUs and EATS 120s. The only thing I don't like about the ATS is that they don't have the ability to control the individual outlets, hence the additional need for a PDU.
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@wrx7m said in UPS Replacement:
I had 4x TrippLite 3U 3000VA units with their SNMP Webcards for network monitoring and control. The webcards were horrible. I always had issues with them locking up, losing certain settings upon reboot/power-cycle (which required them to be physically removed from the chassis) and had to replace several of them. TrippLite support was just as bad as their products. I loved getting woken up by my PRTG alerts at 3 in the morning when it couldn't communicate with those stupid cards.
At the 5-year mark, I finally ditched them in favor of some Eaton 5PX3000RT2U units with the NMS network card. I had already been using 2 of those for over a year without issue for my edge switch rack and am using and am mostly pleased. So I now have 6. I also have some 3rd gen PDUs and EATS 120s. The only thing I don't like about the ATS is that they don't have the ability to control the individual outlets, hence the additional need for a PDU.
I really like the Eaton 5PX line myself. Never upgraded the one we had with the network card tho.
