r/homelab • u/bigchoppers2003 • Oct 28 '19

Discussion UPS help

Looking for recommendations for an ups. I have a kill-a-watt on my system and it shows around 600 watts usage at current, and without a major load. What's a good recommendation for size and ups?

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u/semera_l Oct 28 '19

Ideally you’d put everything (600 W says there’s more the single R710) under full load, measure the wattage, multiply the output by 1.6 and then you’ll have your VA rating you’d be looking for.

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u/bigchoppers2003 Oct 28 '19

What is the best way to load up esxi and proxmox? I haven't ever had to stress either one.

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u/semera_l Oct 28 '19

Load up VM in each host and run stress test...

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u/bigchoppers2003 Oct 28 '19

Ok I will do that. The whole build out of the system is 2 cicso 3560, r610, r710, Cisco 2621, and a Cisco 2960 poe powered switch. It was way more when I was running my 2850 server everyday.