[164061] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: PDU recommendations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ryan - Lists)
Mon Jun 24 15:22:10 2013
In-Reply-To: <51C89785.6070807@pubnix.net>
From: Ryan - Lists <rlambert.lists@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:21:26 -0400
To: "ahebert@pubnix.net" <ahebert@pubnix.net>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Oh, absolutely. These would be secured on a separate, private network with v=
ery specific access controls.
These remote sites are more "branch" than data center. Looking at a very lim=
ited amount of equipment (1-2 open telco racks/site).
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 24, 2013, at 3:01 PM, Alain Hebert <ahebert@pubnix.net> wrote:
> Hi,
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> Yes.
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> They are good.
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> Nothing I would deploy in a large data center but for a few racks
> they are perfect.
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> Beware that they are not built to be connected straight to the
> internet =3DD.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jun 24, 2013, at 6:10 AM, M=C3=A5ns Nilsson <mansaxel@besserwisser.org=
> wrote:
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>>> 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 :)
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>>>> Idk why you'd use a fuse in a PDU.
>>> MCB units age. Especially with vibration. A 10A MCB becomes a 9A MCB a=
fter some miles.=20
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>>> Fuses don't.=20
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>>> MCB units are good at protecting people since they trip quickly and aggr=
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>>> Fuses tend to linger before blowing, and thus are comparatively bad at p=
rotecting
>>> people (longer shock) but better at protecting infrastructure (surge
>>> and switch-on-transient resistance).
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>>> 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!!
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