Don’t use a surge protector to connect to the UPS.

Get some smart plugs, a couple power strips (not surge protectors), and an UPS.

Plug smart plug into the power strip and power strip into the UPS.

Solved.

End User Windows has a shit history with forcing updates on you and reboots just because you waited to long.

End User Windows is also not great at managing large numbers of storage drives.

They also aren’t great to manage remotely.