"They all suck!" Re: UPS failure modes (was: fire at NAC)

Thu May 29 23:59:18 UTC 2003

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and isn't Liebert.

On Thu, 29 May 2003, Temkin, David wrote:

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> Here you go:
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> http://www.liebert.com/dynamic/displayproduct.asp?ID=1042&cycles=60Hz
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Temkin, David
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 7:49 PM
> To: 'E.B. Dreger'; nanog at merit.edu
> Subject: RE: "They all suck!" Re: UPS failure modes (was: fire at NAC)
>
>
> Liebert makes one, actually.   The model # escapes me, but we considered
> using it for equipment that's single powered.  (We have uber power
> redundancy..)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: E.B. Dreger [mailto:eddy+public+spam at noc.everquick.net]
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 7:38 PM
> To: nanog at merit.edu
> Subject: Re: "They all suck!" Re: UPS failure modes (was: fire at NAC)
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> SD> Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 16:53:43 -0400 (EDT)
> SD> From: Sean Donelan
>
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> SD> Yep, tieing together "redundant" systems with parelleling gears
> SD> turns two independent systems into one "co-dependent" system.  In a
> SD> failure situation, you want to compartmentalize the failure.
> SD> Loosing half your systems may be better than loosing all your
> SD> systems.
>
> Too bad a substantial amount of equipment doesn't allow for redundant
> plugins.  The ability to plug { servers | routers | whatever } into two
> totally separate power feeds is nice.
>
> Anyone for building a rackmount transfer switch for two inputs? Assuming it
> didn't fail (!) -- would the economies of scale work for or against it
> compared to big transfer switches?  Between dealing with _much_ smaller
> current levels and the opportunity for mass production, what are the chances
> of something like this working?
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>
> Eddy
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