[119006] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: HE.net, Fremont-2 outage?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Greco)
Wed Nov 4 03:37:01 2009
From: Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>
To: dpeterson@sixapart.com (David B. Peterson)
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 02:36:09 -0600 (CST)
In-Reply-To: <67A886C5-CECD-49F7-B230-53344BC94EF6@sixapart.com> from "David
B. Peterson" at Nov 03, 2009 11:36:41 PM
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> > Colos frequently forbid the use of small UPS's for a variety of
> > reasons.
>
> In my experience they always need to be connected to the EPO switch,
> which poses it's own risks. Plus try to find a UPS with that feature
> for reasonable prices.
APC says it's available on the SUA2200RM2U and SUA3000RM2U, and lists
it as optional for the APC SUA1500RM2U.
I would consider all of these to be reasonably priced.
> Which leads me to this question: What questions do you ask any
> potential colocation provider to determine if they are built out to
> your needs?
See if they'll guarantee diverse power as part of the contract. :-)
It's disappointing to find a colo that feeds you your primary and
redundant power off the same UPS.
... JG
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Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
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