generators, etc....

Sun Oct 13 02:09:19 UTC 1996

On Sat, 12 Oct 1996, Zachary DeAquila wrote:

>   Sure, Mike, but how do you protect against an airplane falling out of the 
> sky?  or having the building that houses your generators flattened by
> a runaway semi?  Or the ever present possibility that the building next
> door will have a gas leak and explode?  And what about that house-sized
> meteor that could come hurtling down?  

I don't think he was talking about protecting from something like a
runaway semi, but you should protect your gear from as much as you can. It
took us 6 months to get a location to build our Arlington colo. We did do
things like only pick buildings over the 500 year flood stage, dual power
feed from diverse locations, generator, redundant fiber feeds form diverse
locations, built walls out of brick so that it would be harder to break
in, and much more. BBN should have had a generator at the site and did
not, they have now learned from their error. 

True that would not protect them from a "house-sized meteor", but basic
things like backup generator on site is a basic. 

Nathan Stratton		  CEO, NetRail, Inc.    Tracking the future today!
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