[164060] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: PDU recommendations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (shawn wilson)
Mon Jun 24 15:10:27 2013
In-Reply-To: <51C89785.6070807@pubnix.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:10:00 -0400
From: shawn wilson <ag4ve.us@gmail.com>
To: ahebert@pubnix.net
Cc: North American Network Operators Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Heh, I wouldn't dream of putting this type of device on the net - nothing
good can come from that.
On Jun 24, 2013 3:04 PM, "Alain Hebert" <ahebert@pubnix.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Yes.
>
> They are good.
>
> Nothing I would deploy in a large data center but for a few racks
> they are perfect.
>
> Beware that they are not built to be connected straight to the
> internet =3DD.
>
> The management module can reset depending on packet payload and
> overall traffic. They should always be behind some sort of firewall
> with rules limiting its access.
>
> PS: Ours are a few years old, I'm sure APC added some sort of
> security since then, you may want to look 'em up.
>
> Happy 24th to all.
>
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> On 06/24/13 14:41, Ryan - Lists wrote:
> > Does anyone on list have experience with the APC AP7920 switched rack
> PDU, or any of the horizontal rack mountables with management? We're
> looking at these for our remote sites.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Jun 24, 2013, at 6:10 AM, M=C3=A5ns Nilsson <mansaxel@besserwisser.o=
rg>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Subject: Re: PDU recommendations Date: Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 09:32:00PM
> -0400 Quoting shawn wilson (ag4ve.us@gmail.com):
> >>> So, that's not a very good endorsement :)
> >>>
> >>> Idk why you'd use a fuse in a PDU.
> >> MCB units age. Especially with vibration. A 10A MCB becomes a 9A MCB
> after some miles.
> >>
> >> Fuses don't.
> >>
> >> MCB units are good at protecting people since they trip quickly and
> aggressively.
> >>
> >> Fuses tend to linger before blowing, and thus are comparatively bad at
> protecting
> >> people (longer shock) but better at protecting infrastructure (surge
> >> and switch-on-transient resistance).
> >>
> >> --
> >> M=C3=A5ns Nilsson primary/secondary/besserwisser/machina
> >> MN-1334-RIPE +46 705 989668
> >> There's a little picture of ED MCMAHON doing BAD THINGS to JOAN RIVERS
> >> in a $200,000 MALIBU BEACH HOUSE!!
> >
> >
>
>
>
