Return-Path: Received: from [67.18.36.20] (HELO gateway02.websitewelcome.com) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4723739 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 24 May 2012 18:40:19 +0200 Received: by gateway02.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id 274716DB9D1A8; Thu, 24 May 2012 11:42:23 -0500 (CDT) Received: from gator1184.hostgator.com (gator1184.hostgator.com [174.121.151.98]) by gateway02.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 148706DB9D169 for ; Thu, 24 May 2012 11:42:23 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [24.167.166.243] (port=52871 helo=Neptune) by gator1184.hostgator.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SXb7G-0002u4-Qa for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 24 May 2012 11:42:22 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Stephen van Vuuren" To: "'After Effects Mail List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [AE] OT: Workstation UPS Recommendations Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 12:42:11 -0400 Organization: SV2 Studios Message-ID: <009b01cd39cc$2b5ab950$82102bf0$@sv2studios.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQHVizH+lBJnj2koVpMMkixhO8+4iZbIgI1w Content-Language: en-us X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator1184.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - sv2studios.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: cpe-024-167-166-243.triad.res.rr.com (Neptune) [24.167.166.243]:52871 X-Source-Auth: stephen@sv2studios.com X-Email-Count: 2 X-Source-Cap: c3RlcGhlbnY7c3RlcGhlbnY7Z2F0b3IxMTg0Lmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= Belkin thankfully is out of the business as they are total crap. Cyberpower and Tripplite are crappy in the very low end (way less than you need) but decent mid-range and good high-end. I have a CyberPower PP1500 that has given 4 solid years on one battery for my two "Frankenservers" that render and store data for my film. Right now have 1.8K of PSU, 40 TB of drives, 16 cores of CPU and 2 mid-range GPUs between the two boxes. Load is only 60% with both boxes rendering. However, I've found APC units to be solid from very low-end to high end. Worth the extra coin. stephen van vuuren 336.202.4777 http://www.sv2dcp.com/ http://www.sv2studios.com/ http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/ A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. -Stanley Kubrick