[32055] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fire protection in ISPs and collocation facilities
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Howard C. Berkowitz)
Sun Nov 5 15:03:52 2000
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At 5:56 PM -0800 11/4/2000, Sean Donelan wrote:
>
>But back to my original question. What is the real fire risk for
>ISPs and collocation operators. Is it burned buttered popcorn in the
>microwave setting off the FM-200 system? Is it home-made computers?
>Is it the Emergency Power Off switch?
>
>State Farm Insurance has started a project to change the National Electrical
>Code for computer rooms and the requirement for an EPO switch. Is this
>something other ISPs and collocation providers would be interested in
>seeing changed? If so, we need to collect data and evidence to support
>the change.
Perhaps it's worth observing that fire is but one of the classic
Elemental Forces, and I've personally had far more problems with
water than with fire. In my experiences, the water came from
firefighting elsewhere in the building, but several instances of CO
flooding and the like have been mentioned in recent posts--New
Rochelle (?) AT&T vs. Verizon?
While I doubt it's practical to develop exhaustive water protection
measures to guard against large-scale flooding, unless there's a move
to convert surplus submarines to colo centers, I'd like to see the
fire protection code be more exhaustive about diverting water away
from unaffected faciities.
