Want to move to all 208V for server racks
William Pitcock
nenolod at systeminplace.net
Fri Dec 3 07:23:21 UTC 2010
Hi,
On Thu, 2010-12-02 at 10:58 -0500, Jay Nakamura wrote:
> I really want to move all newly installed internal and customer racks
> over to all 208v power instead of 120v. As far as I can remember, I
> can't remember any server/switch/router or any other equipment that
> didn't run on 208v AC. (Other than you may need a different cable)
> Anyone have any experience where some oddball equipment that couldn't
> do 208v and regret going 208v? We won't have any TDM or SONET
> equipment, all Ethernet switches, routers and servers. I have control
> over internal equipment but sometimes customers surprises you.
>
In one colo I helped manage, we had some crappy netgear switches which
couldn't handle 208v. Provided you have proper equipment, you should be
fine though. This was a non-profit though, so we were trying to get by
with whatever was the most cost-efficient option.
William
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