[57361] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Looking for advice on datacenter electrical/generator
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Woodcock)
Fri Apr 4 18:50:37 2003
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 15:49:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net>
To: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
Cc: nanog list <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200304041711.MAA18119@sigma.nrk.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Natural gas is a big plus in many ways; one undervalued by both
> customers and generator sales folks..
I agree completely.
> But all that ONLY in non-tilting/shaking enviroments. If
> 'earthquake' does not mean "something that happens out in THEIR
> state.." to you; then don't consider it.
Why? In what case is it still not preferable to diesel? The _only_
reason I've ever heard an informed person state for going with diesel is
that the fire marshal wouldn't allow them to store anything else.
-Bill
