Leon, It depends on the level of UPS support you require... 1. KW 2. On UPS hrs required 3. do you need an online UPS? some cheaper ones are standby with a VERY quick switch over. APC is a very good UPS manufacturer, and I do know that Indeserve is a supplier here in NZ Emmerson (sp) is also a very big supplier of UPS and Datacentre Cooling email me off line.. I can hook you up with the local agents that I know of Russ _____ From: Leon Strong [mailto:Leon.Strong(a)smx.co.nz] Sent: Friday, 3 October 2008 13:57 To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: [nznog] UPS information Hey Noggers, We're in a position where we're going to require a UPS at one of our pop's, and being that i've personally never actually had to buy/provision any UPS gear before, i thought i'd put the question out there, what UPS gear have people here in NZ generally found to be pretty good? is the cost of these units going to bite me hard? is there anyone specialized that should perhaps talk to? (APC comes to mind?) The loading on it should be pretty minimal, (couple switches, a gateway box, possibly a server). Would appreciate some feedback :-) -- Leon Strong | Technical Engineer Office: +64 9 302 0515 (ext 513) Fax: +64 9 302 0518 Mobile: +64 211 891 873 Freephone: 0800 SMX SMX (769 769) Level 11, 290 Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand | SMX Ltd | smx.co.nz SMX | Business Email Specialists http://www.smx.co.nz/images/smxsig.gif The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient then you must not use, disseminate, distribute or copy any information contained in this email or any attachments. If you have received this email in error or you are not the originally intended recipient please contact SMX immediately and destroy this email.