"They all suck!" Re: UPS failure modes

Fri May 30 00:59:01 UTC 2003

Thus spake "Dan Hollis" <goemon at anime.net>
>
> On Thu, 29 May 2003, Jack Bates wrote:
> > Dan Hollis wrote:
> > > ok, what UPSes do telcos use (besides their monster battery arrays)
> > What's wrong with our monster battery arrays?
>
> They dont tend to fit in 19" rackmounts

You wouldn't mount a "monster array" in 19" racks anyways.

Telco battery strings often take up entire floors, or at least significant
portions of them, and per building codes have to be enclosed (e.g. basement)
to contain fumes, leaks, or explosions.  Things get a bit more complicated
safety-wise when you're talking 24-48 hours of capacity.

S

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