The server is designed to boot back up upon power up (keep in mind that this is more of an XP "appliance" than a computer, much more reliable and stable. I put a UPS on my servers but in reality, it is not necessary. The UPS is simply to keep the server going for short power outages not 12 or 14 hours. I have had the HomeLogic server at a customer's home boot back up (on it's own) after a 2 hour power outage. It was a longer outage than the UPS could handle. The HL configurator also allows the server to work in conjucntion with the UPS so that it does a shut down when UPS detects a power outage and send you an email before it shuts down. It will then power back up when power is restored and send you an email informing you of such!

Actually I have other hardware that is less tolerant of power outages than HomeLogic! It simply is not an issue. I would encourage you to give HomeLogic a call for all your specific questions. But if you have any other real world concerns feel free to post more questions.

This is a very cool system and if you are looking for a reliable IP control system that you can simply plug in and configure w/o being a Java or Flaash programmer, I don't believe they have a peer (not even Control4). If you are looking for something that you have to program and tinker with to the ends of the earth, then HomeLogic is NOT for you.

A few gripes, is that they need more sizes of touch screens (and they are working on that). I also wish their MP3 interface (which is actually very cool) had an "all tracks/random play" feature (something they are also suppoedly working on)