Adding a Cyberpower Rackmount UPS to the Home Lab

I have some resentment towards the CyberPower OR700LCDRM1U when compared to my non-Rackmount CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD UPS. Let's explore the OR700 and see what it offers!

[halflife]

First time in 20 years of my IT career I’ve heard someone call it an “UPS” and not a “U-P-S” lol

[HokeyBugle]

Lol I like your sense of humor. Just installed this in a home rack for a friend and while it bairly provides a couple minutes of battery back up, it works perfectly to stop the whole system from shutting down when the power flickers

[j.e]

Absolutely loved this video! Thank you very much for the amazing humor 😂

[Vikingza]

Hi, What I would suggest is running each power supply on a separate UPS just in case you loose power and 1 dies, then your server does not crash, I have had that problem on my desktop PC before.

[bfourney]

Wait so the UPS has a fan? I don’t see any ventilation holes on the back or sides…

[NCHLAS]

My UPS has 4 minutes of runtime and I have a 1500VA one.

[dodgly]

Hey Stefano, thanks for showing this unit. I normally use APC gear but decided to give this one a try and I'll have it in Tuesday so it was nice to get a little preview.

Small pro-tip for next time, which you may know, but a standard rack unit (U) is three of the square holes. By starting at hole 3 (top hole of first unit) instead of hole 4 (bottom of second unit) you'll eventually have lost TWO units of rack space IF you fill the rack to the top. Totally not an issue for a home rig but something to consider even in a home rack if it's small in size or dense with gear. This is one reason I favor rack rails that are numbered for each U so it's easy to spot front and back what unit I'm in and then also to make sure I always optimize my units.

Also, nice recovery at 2:52 on getting those cage nuts in with the nut inside the rack. :) I'm curious, did Cyberpower only include 3 or did the dog sneak by and slurp up the fourth?

[Aerius_]

The biggest idea i got from this video...is your desk, never thought of using the adjustable work bench from huskey as a desk

[Olie]

"It comes with mounting brackets..."


Thank you! Cyber power themselves doesn't tell you this and all the marketing material doesn't show or tell you that it comes with these much needed brackets. Lol.

Now that I know it does... I am buying one. Cyberpower owes you money for landing them this sale.

[cargovankilla]

The purpose for dual power supplies in equipment is so you can run from two separate power sources. When that isn't an option and you're utilizing a UPS, I would suggest just plugging a single PSU into the wall and the other into the UPS. This could increase your on-battery time, however, I haven't tested it myself. I don't have two sources of power in my house but in a datacenter environment, each PSU would be connected to independent power sources. My current set up starts at the main power panel to the house. I installed two dedicated circuits for the server rack. Equipment with dual PSU's are plugged into circuit A while the PSU is plugged into circuit B. The second PSU is plugged into the UPS. For critical hardware with single PSU's I have them plugged either into the UPS directly or into a PDU plugged into the UPS. This solves the issue if something trips the breaker.

[shoebucket]

Those are not 10/100 ethernet ports. It's a surge-protection circuit with RJ-45 connectors.

[doubledogdrone]

Have you found a way to keep the front panel display on and keep it from going to sleep?

[ismendoza]

Do you know if I have 3 switches with 48 ports in a rack then do I need 1 ups for every switch? thank you

[deaddetailentertainment]

Would this work if you plugged it into a power conditioner?

[peterp]

thanks for this video.Its sad, manafacturer didnt do that

[pacemake]

Why would you replace a 900w UPS with a 400w when space is not an issue?

[jamisusijarvi]

You lose redundancy that way. If you have one ups, then you connect one PSU behind that one and the other one just normally to wall socket. Better if you have two UPS and they are behind of those ones. But newer both behind the same one. Now when your UPS get broken you server will shutdown. If you have them one in UPS and one live, then it doesnt matter if electricity goes down or UPS gets broken your server still runs.

But have to say this is maybe most common mistake that you can see in server rooms.

[BandanazX]

Meh, line interactive, not double conversion (online)

[neilgreene]

This video should have stopped the SECOND you saw that new U-PEE-S had a runtime of 12 min compared to 30-40 min from your other.

[garybarney]

You really need to get a wireless mic. for your youtube videos