UPSes To The Rescue
Features
By
Patrick Schmid
published
Feature Comparison Table
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| Manufacturer | APC | Belkin | Eaton |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model | Smart-UPS SC1000i | F6C1000eiTW-RK | Powerware 5115 |
| Form Factor | Rackmount or Tower | Tower | Rackmount or Tower |
| max VA | 1000 VA | 1000 VA | 1000 VA |
| max Output (spec) | 600 W | 615 W | 670 W |
| Battery | 2x Vision CP1290(12 V, 9 Ah, lead) | 2x Ritah RT1250 | 2x Yuasa NPW45-12(12 V, 7 Ah, lead) |
| Charge Time | ~ 11 hours | ~ 4.5 hours | ~ 7 hours |
| Battery & Surge Protected Power Ports | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Additional Surge Protected Power Ports | - | 2 | - |
| Network Transient Protector | 1x RJ45 | 1x RJ45 | 1x RJ45 |
| Phone Line Protection | 1x RJ11 | 1x RJ11 | - |
| Weight | 16 kg | 9 kg | 13 kg |
| Battery Weight | 5,6 kg | 3,5 kg | 5,3 kg |
| FAN | Yes | no | yes |
| Supported Operating Systems | Linux, Novell, Solaris, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista | Windows, HP-UX, IBM AIX, Linux, Mac OS, Novell NetWare, SCO OpenServer, SGI IRIX, Sun Solaris | Linux, Mac OSX, Windows 2000, Windows XP |
| Power Cord | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Client Power Cords | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| USB/COM Cables | yes/yes | yes/yes | yes/yes |
| Warranty | 2 years | 3 years | 2 years |
| Price | $320 | $120 | $280 |
Test Setup
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| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Processor | AMD Opteron 875 (Egypt 90 nm, 2.2 GHz, 2x2 MB L2 Cache) |
| Motherboard | Iwill DK88 Dual Opteron BoardChipset: Nvidia nForce Professional 2200, BIOS: 1.4 |
| Common Hardware | |
| RAM | 2x 1024 MB DDR-400 (CL 3.0-3-3-8)Micron 18VDDF12872G-40BD3 |
| Graphics Card | ATI RagelXL |
| System Hard Drive | 120 GB 7,200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/300Samsung HD120IJ |
| Benchmark Hard Drives | 4x 320 GB 7,200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/300Samsung HD3210KJ |
| RAID Controller | Areca ARC-1220 8-Port PCIe RAID6-ControllerFirmware V1.43 2007-4-17 |
| DVD-ROM | Teac DV-W50D |
| Software | |
| ATI Graphic | Windows integrated |
| Nvidia nForce Professional | Version: 6.70 |
| OS | Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2 |
Before running the battery tests, we charged the batteries for 24 hours before performing the benchmark, and we repeated each test run a second time to verify our results.
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Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)
Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.