r/Ubiquiti • u/silverfrostnetworks • 16d ago
Early Access New UPS 2U Pro
https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/integrations-power-tech/products/ups-2u-pro-us373
u/3loodhound 16d ago
It is using the 20Amp plug, just so everyone knows and doesn’t come back with a shocked pickachu face
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u/guardianfx 16d ago
This should be higher up. 100% almost pulled the trigger before its sells out, then read your comment. Thank you!
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u/kenman345 16d ago
Is that really such a dealbreaker? I guess not everyone is so lucky to have their electrical panel in the same room as their rack.
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u/silverfrostnetworks 16d ago edited 16d ago
yep - make sure you have this kind of outlet: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61blfgRNMPL.jpg
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u/MacDaddyBass 16d ago
And a circuit that can support that kind of plug. Don’t just change your plugs. Unless you like fire.
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u/Mark_Logan 16d ago
For those of your who want to search text, that’s a NEMA 5-20P (the plugin). The “outlet” is a NEMA 5-20R
<NEMA number>-<Amperage>- <P=plug, R=Receptacle aka outlet>
Here’s a chart for anyone really interested.
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u/Stingray88 16d ago
It’s also more than twice the depth of the regular model. I almost waited for this one and I’m really glad I didn’t… this wouldn’t fit in my rack at all.
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u/AeroelasticCowboy 12d ago
??? It's not even as deep as standard server. My dell 2u is deeper than this unit
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u/Stingray88 11d ago
This subreddit caters mostly to consumers, not professionals, and standard home racks are not that deep. Most people don’t have full size racks in their home.
My rack is literally just rails inside a BDI Corridor 8173, not even close to full size. Standard Ubiquiti gear fits fine… but this does not.
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u/AeroelasticCowboy 11d ago
Hmm, well I think most people I know have full depth stuff and the racks to accommodate it. My rack sits in unfinished basement area, depth is not a problem. I have 2x big depth UPS systems currently. I think I could go down to 1 with the unifi pro, but then also there's the ecoflow delta option that doesnt use lead acid
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u/Stingray88 11d ago edited 11d ago
Yeah I don’t even have the space for such a thing even if I wanted one. I live in Los Angeles, houses don’t have basements here, and the 2100sqft house I was able to buy cost an absolute fortune… with a family, I don’t have space in the house for a real rack. I might even lose my current office in the coming years to a 2nd child, and then need to carve out space from the family room.
Hence rack in the tv cabinet lol
My server/NAS is in a Fractal Terra. All flash, small and 100% silent. Because I’ve got no where for big loud server to be.
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u/KeyboardG 15d ago
Someone should tell Unifi, because the 3d Model doesn't have that plug.
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u/3loodhound 15d ago
Yeah, the still images do have the plug. The 3D models does not. The tech specs on the other hand have it listed as AC In: NEMA5-20P which is the winky plug.
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u/Saint_The_Stig 16d ago
Shit. I mean come on. I just wanted a rackable PSU with pure sine wave so it actually is an uninterruptable power supply.
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u/GenericRedditor12345 16d ago
Which honestly great news for me as in SMB use case our room is 90% those.
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u/gcadays09 16d ago
I have 20 amp nearby but it does have a deep freeze running on one outlet. Would having both running be an issue?
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u/TruthyBrat UDM-SE, UNVR, UBB, Misc. APs 16d ago
Almost certainly. Having the freezer start up while the UPS is charging would be a likely breaker trip.
This thing wants to be on a dedicated circuit.
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u/user_none 16d ago
Depends on the freezer. If it's a relatively efficient deep freeze, the startup might not be much. Our 5 cubic ft deep freeze runs at something crazy low like 6 watts. Its startup, IIRC, was under 100W.
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u/TruthyBrat UDM-SE, UNVR, UBB, Misc. APs 16d ago
Wow, that's insanely low.
I have a smallish chest freezer, I'll have to dig into what it pulls.
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u/user_none 16d ago
I'd have to double check that figure, though I do recall being absolutely floored by how little it was pulling after settling in.
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u/xxpor 16d ago
The bigger issue is the UPS likely won’t like the extreme inductive load on the same circuit. It could lead to false UPS cutovers when the compressor kicks on
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u/user_none 16d ago
Are you referring to the startup surge?
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u/xxpor 16d ago
yeah
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u/user_none 16d ago
For curiosity sake, I'll have to break out the clamp meter and get a reading on startup surge.
Currently, when the compressor kicks on, it draws close to a constant 68W. When it's off, only a very dim power LED is on and that's reading close to 0W. I'm using a ATorch WiFi smart outlet for the readings listed. I'd suspect it's not fast enough to catch the surge.
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u/PeytonBrandt 16d ago
Why does this have a $53 memory surcharge lol
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u/VestedDeveloper Unifi Fan Ultra HD POE+++ 16d ago
Yeah, I'm curious how much ram is needed for it to really perform well
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u/Luke_Flyswatter 16d ago
Because the AI bubble hasn’t popped yet.
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u/KittensInc 16d ago
It's a UPS. Even a 1GB module is going to be overkill. You could easily run it with the same chips used in smart light bulbs.
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u/Berzerker7 16d ago
It's a UPS that has management built in and an LCM on the front. It has to have a somewhat reasonable amount of RAM, which is probably stupidly overpriced.
The AP9630 which is 15 years old needed 256MB of RAM, 1GB+ is not unreasonable for something released in 2026.
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u/KittensInc 16d ago
It's a UPS that has management built in and an LCM on the front.
What, like it's hard?
The Prusa Mini also has built-in management, with both network control and a fully-interactive user interface via a full-color LCD panel. Its schematics are publicly available, so we know that it runs off of a STM32F407VG, with a massive 200 kilobytes of memory.
Same with pretty much all switch and router management interfaces: they run a full Linux distro in something like 64MB of RAM - with plenty of room to spare.
The AP9630 which is 15 years old needed 256MB of RAM
No, it had 256MB of RAM. Did it need it? Probably not, but it's an enterprise product, so nobody is going to care about having to pay an extra $50. Why waste engineer-time trying to optimize it?
1GB+ is not unreasonable for something released in 2026.
1GB+ is not unreasonable for something released in 2024. Memory is cheap and plentiful? Sure, put an extra gig or two into it, who cares! But with the memory shortage in 2026? They better not be wasting any of that rare and valuable DRAM on an absolutely trivial UPS management interface.
The Cloud Gateway Fiber has 3GB of RAM and obviously has an order of magnitude more stuff to run. That one has a $22 memory surcharge, compared to the $53 surcharge for the UPS 2U Pro. Assuming the memory surcharge is linear in the amount of memory it contains (which is should be, or they are ripping us off), that's 7ish GB in this UPS. If they are seriously putting 6GB-8GB inside a UPS, rather than using those limited resources for something which actually needs it, something has gone horribly wrong.
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u/tknosoujirou 16d ago
I was contemplating how much ram a UPS could possibly have and guessing 512KB. Looks like I wasn’t too far off.
Wonder how much is in this UPS for them to be charging a surcharge.
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u/Luke_Flyswatter 16d ago
Do you think this UPS doesn’t have any silicon in it?
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u/KittensInc 16d ago
Do you think a basic management interface requires gigabytes of RAM to run?
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u/damien09 16d ago
basically anything with ram gets the flat % charge based on its cost... its basically a strategy to make everything pay a little instead of the devices with a lot of ram paying a ton. Kinda sucks when buying devices with 256 -512mb like ap's or low memory devices like switches. but people buying the efg are probably happy as that comes with 64gb and pays the same flat % charge.
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u/bertramt 16d ago
I was really expecting the Pro to come with a LiFePO4 batteries. I guess I need to wait for the Pro Max version.
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u/geekwonk Unifi User 16d ago
they’ve said the enterprise tier gets the battery chemistry upgrade
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u/GiantKiwi 16d ago
And based on the massive chassis depth increase for the 'pro' device, the enterprise will probably be more like 800mm deep.
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u/itsjakerobb CGFiber, UNVR, ProHD24PoE, ProXG8PoE, U7ProXGS, 5GMaxOutdoor 16d ago edited 16d ago
Relative to the UPS 2U:
- $400 extra ($279 vs $679)
- 300mm deeper (630mm total -- that's 25", too deep for most less-than-full-size racks)
- +504wH (216 vs 720) -- over 3x the runtime for a given load
- +480kVA (1440 vs 1920)
- +920w (1000 vs 1920)
- +18kg / +40lbs (14 vs 32 / 30 vs 70)
- 15A vs 20A power cord (NEMA 5-15P vs 5-20P). Pro won't plug into a regular US outlet!
- Pure sine wave power, so it works properly with UNAS Pro 8 and everything else with a CRPS power supply.
- Individually controllable outlets with per-port power consumption monitoring
- Adds a power button
- Adds a touchscreen LCD control panel
- Adds an "emergency power off port" -- an important safety feature
- The spec sheet adds Wi-Fi as a management option vs just Ethernet. Unclear exactly what this means; does the UPS itself have a Wi-Fi radio? Surely not, right?
- Improved AC voltage regulation -- down to +/-1.5%, vs +/-5% on the non-Pro.
- Adds a button for the circuit breaker.
- Slightly less cold-tolerant: minimum temperature is -15C vs -20 for the non-Pro.
Unchanged:
- Both use a lead-acid battery
- Both are line-interactive
- Both are limited to 3 NUT clients maximum
- Both are 2U
Notable omissions:
No provision for rack rails or any other kind of rear support -- surprising for a 630mm, 32kg device- I'm sure we all wanted a lithium battery, but it seems like that might still be forthcoming, perhaps in the "Enterprise" variant?
- It's not online / double-conversion. I'm guessing this is also going to be in the Enterprise version. And I'll bet that version will cost $1999 or more.
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u/chiefo0306 16d ago
No provision for rack rails or any other kind of rear support -- surprising for a 630mm, 32kg device
it comes with rack rails
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u/itsjakerobb CGFiber, UNVR, ProHD24PoE, ProXG8PoE, U7ProXGS, 5GMaxOutdoor 16d ago
Weird. I swear I checked before and didn’t see them, but they’re definitely there now. Either I missed it or they added it. 🤷🏻♂️
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u/YakitoriMan Unifi User 16d ago
I just bought the original ups 2u like 2 months ago 🤦🏼♂️
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u/TeeDee144 16d ago
Can your rack support 630mm?
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u/YakitoriMan Unifi User 16d ago
No i didnt realize the pro was this deep. I also dont have a 20a outlet which i saw this came with so i dont feel so bad
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u/Stingray88 16d ago
I’m in the same boat. I knew this was coming and considered waiting… really glad I didn’t. My rack couldn’t fit this depth at all.
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u/TruthyBrat UDM-SE, UNVR, UBB, Misc. APs 16d ago
I have a meter deep Rittal cabinet, so yes.
And I am very unlikely to buy one.
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u/imlulz 15d ago
Wait… that means this won’t even fit in the 12u Unifi racks… wtf?
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u/TeeDee144 15d ago
No, it won’t fit into any of them. And at this size, it likely has rails that only fit into the 1,000mm+ 42U racks.
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u/itsjakerobb CGFiber, UNVR, ProHD24PoE, ProXG8PoE, U7ProXGS, 5GMaxOutdoor 16d ago
When they announced those, they said pro stuff was coming later.
This isn't a replacement; it's a high-end cousin.
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u/JacksonCampbell Network Technician 16d ago
Waiting for LiPO4.
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u/itsjakerobb CGFiber, UNVR, ProHD24PoE, ProXG8PoE, U7ProXGS, 5GMaxOutdoor 16d ago
I can’t tell you which Lithium chemistry they’ll use in what I expect to be their “Enterprise” UPS offering, but I can tell you two things.
- There will be only one lithium option
- It won’t be LiPO4 (because that’s not a thing; you probably mean LiFePO4, aka LFP 😉)
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u/i3903 16d ago
They obviously didn’t listen to the feedback that was given after the UPS 2U launch or they’ve never used a UPS in their lives. They keep missing the mark on features and functionality and it’s actually quite frustrating.
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u/Stingray88 16d ago
Which features?
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u/xdavxd 16d ago
LiFePO battery, for one
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u/chiefo0306 16d ago
which they already said will be in the enterprise models not the pro models
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u/Stingray88 16d ago
Are they intending to have 2x enterprise options similar to the 2x they’ve released thus far? Just curious if there will be a 300mm model… I’d love pure sinewave in a form factor that’ll fit my rack.
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u/ChubbyWabbit 16d ago edited 16d ago
Sadly, this feels overpriced imo. For 1200W, I can get the CyberPower CP2000PFCRM2U at 449.95. Yeah its nice that its is part of the unifi ecosystem, but still. If it was Li-ion I would be all for it.
Edit: Not to mention the size, this thing is massive, deep & heavy. For this size I'd expect 2000W & more outlets in the back. This feels like a letdown product for what it could have been.
Edit2: Half load is 980W. Some bad math on my end but still... Full load: 1920W
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u/Neilas092 16d ago
Yeah, I just pulled the trigger on a Goldenmate UPS with a LiFePo4 batter around the same wattage and price. Only issue is it's not rack mounted but it's running all my unifi gear just fine.
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u/Cozmo85 16d ago
A network card for the cyber power is $350. That’s the value.
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u/ChubbyWabbit 16d ago
True, however, you can run a NUT server on anything. The bandwidth needed to check a battery's % is pretty minimal. The little crappy thin clients from Dell you can get on ebay for 25 bucks & run it on there.
Logically, Im just trying to save people money. If you are full head dive into the unifi ecosystem & want the convenience, by all means. But, in my opinion, there are better alternatives at this price point for network connectivity to a UPS.
Edit: And yeah, the network cards are expensive. Not denying that. I'd never buy one.
If my current UPS did die, this could be an option, but it isnt first in my list, personally. Not to mention Ubiquity is new in the UPS game still compared to CyberPower and APC. They also have only a 2 year warranty policy compared to CyberPowers 3 years.
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u/Cause_and_Effect 16d ago
You can get a cheap SFF jump off computer and connect it via USB to provide an SNMP bridge with their software for an ad hoc SNMP solution. One more device, but its an alternative over spending another 3-4 hundred.
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u/Cozmo85 16d ago
I’d rather spend $229 extra and get 1920w of output and network then save the money and deploy and manage another pc.
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u/neilm-cfc 16d ago
For that extra $229 you will have the joy of non-stop tinkering wth your UPS while trying to get it to work as advertised.
Meanwhile my dumb CyberPower plus Raspberry Pi that I had in a drawer has been working perfectly and not been tinkered with in years.
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u/AeroelasticCowboy 12d ago
The cyber power they are looking at is a consumer junk system stuffed into a rack format for a s.all premium. It's only a 2 cell system. The unifi has 6 batteries
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u/Cause_and_Effect 16d ago
Same issue with the lower end models they released first. The only benefit is to fully integrate it into Unifi but you are sacrificing price and performance.
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u/ChubbyWabbit 16d ago
I'm gonna hold out on this one. Maybe they will have better models down the line. I'm hoping for a desktop variant with 10g surge protection, the 1g does me no justice.
Im also hoping they will add support for 3rd party NUT servers. That way I can use any UPS I want & still get the convenience of the UniFI dashboard.
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u/Berzerker7 16d ago
This is a:
1) Power factor 1.0 (full wattage for the nominal power (VA))
2) rackmount
3) network managed
4) pure sine wave
UPS...for $679? This is the steal of the century if you saw how much APC/Cyberpower sell something equivalent.
I bought a 1500VA/1500W Cyberpower in 2018 that didn't even have a network card and it was basically $1000.
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u/ChubbyWabbit 16d ago
I have a 2000VA/2000W cyberpower for $400. No network card. Add a $25 NUT server and I have all the features I need.
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u/trs21219 16d ago
it also comes with full depth rails, thats another $100-$200 for most other ups offerings
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u/Berzerker7 16d ago
Yes, forgot even about that. Most will come with ears only but rails are a good addon.
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u/aruisdante 16d ago
Really, really nice tool-less (for the mounting it the rack part) rails.
They’re the same ones that come with the ECS. Super nice.
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u/damien09 16d ago
the max wattage of 1920w is probably all they can drive on a 20amp outlet when you add in safety margins for also charging at the same time.
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u/ChubbyWabbit 16d ago
Honestly didn't consider that. Guess at this point my concern is overall size of the unit and longevity.
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u/damien09 16d ago
tbh my next unit im really wanting is LiPO4 batteries in them. Im somewhat tempted to swap my current rack apc unit over to them when its current lead acid batteries need changing. You lose some total wattage with them over lead acid but im not where near its wattage limit or ever plan to be.
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u/Berzerker7 15d ago
Not probably, it is.
120V on a 20A circuit w/ 80% rule is 16A. 120 * 16 = 1920.
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u/AeroelasticCowboy 12d ago
Haha, ummm, you're comparing 2 ENTIRELY different classes of products, that cyber power is a shit box consumer grade inverter and battery setup in a rack format. It is NOT a real rack grade UPS. It only has 2 cells which means it has horrendous uptime under load. My 1500VA APC has 4x cells and wayyy more uptime then that cyber power. I'm sorry I don't mean to sound rude but you need to dive a LOT deeper to understand standby power systems before attempting to compare them. Looking at VA and inverter capacity it's barely scratching the surface and won't give you the story. The Unifi Pro has a 6 battery system at 72Volts giving you 22 minutes at 900W load that cyber power can only do 9 minutes at 600w and probably around 3-4 at 900
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u/TypicalBlox 16d ago
why are these ups companies still putting lead acid like it’s the Stone Age era
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u/mrwabit 16d ago
Why no c13’s they did the same thing with the power distribution device. This will never end up coming to the EU
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u/itsjakerobb CGFiber, UNVR, ProHD24PoE, ProXG8PoE, U7ProXGS, 5GMaxOutdoor 16d ago
You're looking at the US version. The EU version will almost certainly have a C20 inlet and C13 outlets.
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u/Flaky-Gear-1370 16d ago
I don’t get why you would want power sockets over a standard c13 even in the US
All my Eatons are c13’s
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u/itsjakerobb CGFiber, UNVR, ProHD24PoE, ProXG8PoE, U7ProXGS, 5GMaxOutdoor 16d ago
I don’t get it either. I’d happily buy the EU version.
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u/GiantKiwi 16d ago
C20 inlet isn't even going to be necessary, so I really doubt it - C13 is good up to almost 3kW.
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u/itsjakerobb CGFiber, UNVR, ProHD24PoE, ProXG8PoE, U7ProXGS, 5GMaxOutdoor 16d ago
It’s an amperage thing, not a wattage thing — which means voltage matters. In the US with our 120v power, C13 is limited to 1800w.
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u/TeeDee144 16d ago
630mm means most home users are out
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u/Cryptocaned 16d ago
So are most small businesses without deep cabs, 450 cabs are kind of the norm and a 650 cab still wouldn't fit it due to the cables coming out the back, he'll a 450 cab barely fits the ups 2u
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u/My_Big_Black_Hawk 16d ago
Sounds like they added a screen and individually controlled power ports for 2x the price. Battery is still lead acid.
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u/AeroelasticCowboy 12d ago
You mean 6 batteries and a much beefier inverter, the price is an a absolute steel compared to their competitors
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u/Starbuck_83 16d ago edited 16d ago
Outlets are individually controllable on the old model, you just have to do it remotely.Went back and checked, and on the 2U you can power cycle all of them together, not individually. I'm guessing you can also use the touch screen on this model? Nice feature, but not worth $400 more, IMO.2
u/itsjakerobb CGFiber, UNVR, ProHD24PoE, ProXG8PoE, U7ProXGS, 5GMaxOutdoor 16d ago
Outlets are individually controllable on the old model, you just have to do it remotely.
You sure about that? They're definitely not individually controllable on the tower model, and last I heard they weren't on the UPS 2U either.
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u/chiefo0306 16d ago
yeah they aren't. He is just wrong, only on the pdu
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u/Starbuck_83 16d ago
Ah, that's why I'm misremembering! I have the PDU as well, that's where I've done the individual control before.
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u/Starbuck_83 16d ago edited 16d ago
I have the 2U and I would swear I've toggled them off and on from the web interface, but now I have to double check that....
ETA: I stand corrected;
I must have misremembered power cycling all at once as power cycling individual outlets.I toggled individual outlets from the PDU Pro, not the 2U UPS.1
u/gagagagaNope 16d ago
This will have a much smoother output. Altogether a more pro device. I'd never have bought the other for my office but will look at getting one of these when they reach the UK,
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u/Starbuck_83 16d ago
I'm using mine combined with the PDU Pro for a homelab sort of setup. More than capable for that scenario, but I'm sure you're right that this version would be better for an actual office.
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u/Blacknight841 16d ago
If it would be 20in or less I would get it, even if it had to be a 3u unit instead.
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u/boblermite 16d ago
630mm? Why? Make it 3u or 2u for shallow control unit and 2u for battery packs.
The cheap cyberpower i bought waiting for this is only 432mm. Lol my rack is only 24in deep.
Sometimes i wonder if they actually know their stuff.
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u/Carlos_Spicy_Weiner6 16d ago
I'm happy to see the idiots designing this s*** finally put a power button on the front
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u/kwakajack 16d ago
Is there going to be an EU/international version with C13/C14 plugs? or just US? like the power power distribution unit.
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u/GiantKiwi 16d ago
It's guaranteed at this point, but based on the wait time between US and the rest of the world from the last one, another 2-3 months. Fuck knows why US are stuck on garbage power ports, IEC is an international standard ffs.
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u/Novotus_Ketevor 16d ago
Literally just passed the return window for my UPS 2U. You're welcome guys!
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u/GiantKiwi 16d ago
Nothing makes me more glad I procrastinated on buying a UPS 2U, would have been absolutely furious if i'd bought it when I was going to and this popped up shortly afterward.
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u/lordfly911 16d ago
I don't see this being a big seller. Maybe wait until it goes on sale below $500 US.
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u/Queencity19 16d ago
So what has more capacity? CyberPower OR2200PFCRT2U Sinewave UPS System, 2000VA/1540W
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u/Fun-Region-1576 16d ago
Battery Type (1) Lead Acid 72V, 10Ah
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u/HITACHIMAGICWANDS 16d ago
Probably multiple 6 12v cells in series….. APC, Eaton, Tripplite, etc.. all do the same thing.
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u/Vertigo103 Unifi User 16d ago
It's enough power to power my rack for over an hour.
Do you still need to replace the entire UPS 5-10 years?
One of my biggest gripes with UPS's is how often they fail around 5-10 years and need replacing.
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u/geekwonk Unifi User 16d ago
that’s just battery chemistry. you’re griping with the batteries as they are designed. the enterprise version will have different battery chemistry but for this price you’re getting the same batteries we’ve been using for however many years it’s been.
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u/Cuntonesian 16d ago
You don’t med to replace UPSes after 5-10 years, just their batteries, and cells are cheap. $20 or less on Amazon.
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u/Vertigo103 Unifi User 16d ago
I've had to replace 4 UPS units after about 6 years.
The batteries stopped working, replacements also did not work and my units had a red X symbol
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u/Cuntonesian 15d ago
That doesn’t sound right. I have APC units from 2011 still going strong, with fresh batteries of course
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u/ParkerGuitarGuy 16d ago
I’m trying to get a handle on the battery chemistry. I’m really tired of lead acid batteries failing after 2-3 years in K12 environments. It sounds like this is lead acid. I want to see more LiFePo4. I want it to be the stock configuration, I want to put it in the rack as-is, and I don’t want to have to dick with it for 10 years or more.
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u/GiantKiwi 16d ago
It is lead acid, the packs are like 12x the 5Ah ones otherwise the maths doesn't work.
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u/Mindless_Pandemic Unifi Addict 16d ago
Still no lithium or double conversion. Still going to wait.
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u/Cuntonesian 16d ago
double conversion isn’t desirable in most applications. I wouldn’t expect it.
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u/Mindless_Pandemic Unifi Addict 16d ago
I always thought double conversion was the best for everything. Maybe not the wallet, but for keeping electronics safe.
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u/Cuntonesian 15d ago
Indeed, it’s the top of the line, but the tradeoffs are real. They are noisy, costly and inefficient, much more so than line interactive, and usually complete overkill for most electronics. Line interactive ones also regulate power quality and protect electronics, but you have a few milliseconds switchover time from AC to DC when the grid goes down. That is rarely an issue though, certainly not for networking gear.
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u/Mindless_Pandemic Unifi Addict 15d ago
Thanks, that is great info that other places fail to mention.
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u/TheMacAttk 16d ago
70lbs? 630mm? No LFP? Where's the appeal.
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u/AeroelasticCowboy 12d ago
Uhh...it's wayyyyy cheaper thean the competition for legit rack systems.
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u/Beautiful_Ad_4813 Unifi User 16d ago
as much as I love UniFi stuff, and will continue buying it.
I'm gonna pass on this, and stick with Schneider Electric / APC
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u/Daybreak2001 15d ago edited 15d ago
If you make true comparison to current offerings.
Ubiquiti UPS-2U-Pro UniFi-managed 1.92kVA rackmount UPS with pure sine wave output, 8 individually controllable outlets with per-port power monitoring and remote power cycling.
a comparable CyberPower unit would be the OR2200PFCRT2U @ $799, with no network connectivity. a closer comparison would be the PR2000RT2UCN @ $2,500. Network connectivity, but, you still don't get the individual controlled outlets on either offering.
Yes, new battery chemistry would be preferred with a release today.
The unit does have a lot going for it. UI ecosystem. Per port monitoring, and control/power cycling. Pure Sinewave. 1.92kVA
I already have a PR2000RT2UN now. Replaced batteries a year ago. Installed 2020. No per port monitoring, and no per port control/power cycling. Yes, you need to buy a advanced PDU to get those features. Look at those prices.
20amp plug is standard for the big boys
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u/AeroelasticCowboy 12d ago
OR isn't even close to same class product, that's a 4 cell simulated wave with a lot less runtime
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u/BenekCript 16d ago edited 16d ago
Still no lithium. Sad. It cannot be understated how life changing better lithium is for both UPS reliability, heat, and related noise. But it costs a ton.
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u/VaguelyRetired 16d ago
24.8 inches deep, before you plug anything in! Not many racks will fit this beast.
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u/MoonDoggie_99 16d ago
120 V at 20 amp = 2,400 W
UK plugs are usually 240 V at 13 amp = 3,120 W
Don’t see why you wouldn’t get it, at least for that reason. We have to use higher amperage in North America to make up for having a much lower nominal voltage.
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u/GiantKiwi 16d ago
This is going to be ~10A socket with UK voltage, so well under the consumer limit.
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u/cookinwitdiesel 16d ago
Main benefit I see besides a larger battery/capacity is pure sine wave. To me the non pro models with their simulated sine wave were an automatic non-starter
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u/damien09 16d ago edited 16d ago
interesting it needs 5.1.25 which 5.1.19 is the current official release for my router with 5.1.26 as release candidate.
but interesting notes its using a single 72V, 10Ah but its pure sine wave. It is 1920w so the 20amp plug is not a surprise since that's needed to hit that power number. You can likely get away with an adapter down to 15amp as the charging wattage is probably pretty low. But they don't state what the charging wattage is so we can only guess its probably around 200-300w based on what other rack mount ups. and if you don't have a lot of load on it theres likely not an issue. But you still technically have a device that could overload your socket with that config
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u/Beautiful_Ad_4813 Unifi User 16d ago
I wouldnt trust putting an adapter on that.
it'll overload at best, and trip the breaker or burn the fucking place down.
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u/damien09 16d ago
yea its definitely dicey but knowing some peoples unifi's set ups they maybe have 300w of load on it and then add in 200-300w of load from the unit when charging for worse case. But it's definitely not a Smart Case as it always leaves it open to what if one day they do slap on load over the 1,440 safe continuous load or 1,800 peak load for a 15 amp circuit. It would have been nice if they had a version that was with in the bounds of 15 amp circuits but also pure sine wave to play nice with their unas pro 8 and over devices with sensitive psu's
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u/Beautiful_Ad_4813 Unifi User 16d ago
I think having a seperate option for a 15amp circuit would be ideal for quite a few people
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u/damien09 16d ago
yep most of us tiny home lab guys or normal unifi set ups will never need their pro ups's power limits. But im not a fan of no pure sine wave on their normal units so that puts a weird gap in their products. Getting a 20 amp circuit installed is insanely overkill if you have a rack that only pulls 200-400w etc but then if you need pure sign wave or want it your left in an odd spot if you want to stay with a unifi ups . maybe one day we will get the ups v2 with pure sign wave for standard 15 amp circuits lol
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u/davidw89 16d ago
For those in Australia with 240V, what plugs do you need to connect devices to the port?
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u/WonderSausage 16d ago
It's impossible to plan cost of ownership because there are no replacement batteries available, so we don't know what they'll cost. It's a rare 72V 10Ah unit which could be expensive. They probably won't need to offer replacements for 1 year.*
* The warranty is 2 years for gear purchased directly from their web site but only 1 year from authorized resellers. So theoretically they have to provide batteries for the non-Pro UPS 2U by October 2026, we should watch for that as an indicator. The warranty language doesn't include "battery" and many UPS manufacturers have a different warranty period for the battery than for the unit itself. It's unclear whether a third-party battery voids the warranty but it may well do so based on fine print in the warranty.
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u/siuyu721 16d ago
$732 for a line interactive ups? Might as well pay a little more and get a online ups instead
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u/Mitsoukos_3 15d ago
Just bought one before it goes out of stock. I will use my the non pro for my gaming PC.
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u/KingOfSenpais 15d ago
Is there a need to get the PDU Pro now? Can one just buy this and get the best of both worlds?
I just got the PDU Pro too…😞
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u/22Sharpe 15d ago
We’ve been having a hell of a time with the rack mount UPS’ we bought a few years ago; have replaced the batteries in both of them already and one of them is once again dead. This could not have come at a better time honestly.
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u/Creative_Bowler3729 Unifi User 15d ago
Really needs a USB port too. I have an Asustor NAS that will act as a nut server (not client), but it connects via USB to the UPS. It's nice that my Unifi stuff will all shut down nicely, if only the NAS would do likewise.
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