Why do we use facilities with EPO's?

Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET ml at t-b-o-h.net
Wed Jul 25 18:03:41 UTC 2007


> If they can be avoided, why do we put up with them?  Do we really
> want our colo in downtown San Francisco bad enough to take the risk
> of having a single point of failure?  How can we, as engineers, ask
> questions about how many generators, how much fuel, and yet take
> for granted that there is one button on the wall that makes it all
> turn off?  Is it simply that having colo in the middle of the city
> is so convenient that it overrides the increased cost and the reduced
> redundancy that are necessitated by that location?
> 
	You forgot the default "Single Point of Failure" in anything..

			HUMANS.

				Tuc/TBOH



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