Looking for advice on datacenter electrical/generator

Thu Apr 3 11:53:06 UTC 2003

Once upon a time, Dan Lockwood <dlockwood at coe.shastalink.k12.ca.us> said:
> That issue is something that we talked about.  Having never worked with
> a generator for a long period of time, I don't have any feel for the
> reliability.  My question back to you would be, how much battery do you
> use?

We have about 10-15 minutes of UPS capacity.

The important thing with a generator is to make sure you test it
regularly.  Ours (a diesel at one POP and a natural gas at another)
automatically run each week and alert us to any problems.  Then, to test
the full system (transfer switch, etc.), we "pull the handle" (shut off
utility power) once a month and make sure that everything works as it is
supposed to.

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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.