[4152] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MAE-East still no generator
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Avi Freedman)
Sun Sep 8 10:06:08 1996
From: Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com>
To: ghall@sna.com (George Hall)
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 10:05:36 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960908045127.26325A-100000@tweety.sna.com> from "George Hall" at Sep 8, 96 05:10:34 am
> This issue of AC v DC and reliabilty of facilities is interetsting. We
> co-locate equipment at several telcos, and they co-locate equipment
> with us out west. We prefer DC wherever possible. This is because the Telcos
> don't depend upon anyone but themselves to provide reliable and clean power.
> Another way of looking at it is that if the telco goes down, then the
> application layers above are useless.We just received the first of several
> 7507s to that end....all DC.
>
> Our real problem is getting them to fit properly in 23" racks :)
>
> =====================================
> George Hall 916-565-4500
While this may not apply to 7513s, we've found that super-sturdy $25
23" or 19" rack shelves (and Greybar sells the Chatsworth sturdy
shelves for $75 or so) take a 7507 or 7000 (or 7505/7010) *very* well,
and there's not need to bother with the rack-harnesses.
Avi
