EPOs in critical facilities

Wed Aug 21 23:22:50 UTC 2002

> On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Deepak Jain wrote:
> > We have seen disgruntled Union members hit the EPO in data centers in
> > Union-friendly cities.
> >
> > Not pretty outcome, no matter how much redundancy you have.
>
> I believe the Uptime Institute has some statistics showing EPO problems
> are one of the top five reasons for critical facility outages.
>
> Almost no telco CO's have facility-wide EPOs.
>
> Equinix facilities do not have facility-wide EPOs.
>
> > Fire code is not compatible with Union rules.
>
> The fire code is your friend.  Learn it, use it, follow it.  It doesn't
> always say what everything thinks it says.  Following the code, you can
> build a telecommunications facility without an EPO next to every door.
>
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Like anything, clue is hard to come by in consistent quantities. Yes, you
can do a lot of things once you understand the code, but even a small
(areawise) EPO causes lots of problems for whoever's equipment was hit.

If the reason was a disgruntled Union worker, so much's the pity.

DJ