PDU recommendations

Mon Jun 24 18:51:40 UTC 2013

We seem to always get calls from uplogix.. Check them out if you are considering managing pdu's etc. Their gear is pretty stout, and they have good to great support.

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From: Ryan - Lists <rlambert.lists at gmail.com>
Date: 06/24/2013 11:43 AM (GMT-08:00)
To: Måns Nilsson <mansaxel at besserwisser.org>
Cc: North American Network Operators Group <nanog at nanog.org>
Subject: Re: PDU recommendations

Does anyone on list have experience with the APC AP7920 switched rack PDU, or any of the horizontal rack mountables with management? We're looking at these for our remote sites.

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On Jun 24, 2013, at 6:10 AM, Måns Nilsson <mansaxel at besserwisser.org> wrote:

> Subject: Re: PDU recommendations Date: Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 09:32:00PM -0400 Quoting shawn wilson (ag4ve.us at gmail.com):
>> So, that's not a very good endorsement :)
>>
>> Idk why you'd use a fuse in a PDU.
>
> MCB units age.  Especially with vibration.  A 10A MCB becomes a 9A MCB after some miles.
>
> Fuses don't.
>
> MCB units are good at protecting people since they trip quickly and aggressively.
>
> Fuses tend to linger before blowing, and thus are comparatively bad at protecting
> people (longer shock) but better at protecting infrastructure (surge
> and switch-on-transient resistance).
>
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