In article <DWdfd.749$y13.684@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net>, 
ml_news@ddnospamddml1dd.co.uk.dd says...

If you are worried about that, then you should have UPS support software 
running that can shut down non-essential services when on battery power, 
and then later do a clean shutdown before the battery runs flat.

Even if we had that software, there's a certain amount of time taken for 
machines to shut down.  This critical time will be reduced if computers 
are using more power.

In our case the "software" is our systems admin bloke running round 
shuting machines down which obviously doesn't work too well at weekends!

But - saying the current sytsem isn't great doesn't justify making it 
worse.
 

Also, you have have tested the system and your backups?

Only in that when I accidentally delete a file our sys admin chap gets 
it back from some bank of tapes he has.

Cheers


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