[57364] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Looking for advice on datacenter electrical/generator
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Kaufman)
Fri Apr 4 19:10:25 2003
From: "Matthew Kaufman" <matthew@eeph.com>
To: "'Bill Woodcock'" <woody@pch.net>
Cc: "'David Lesher'" <wb8foz@nrk.com>,
"'nanog list'" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 16:09:54 -0800
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0304041602090.10602-100000@paixhost.pch.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
The goal of the generator is to keep the datacenter running when the power
fails. Power around here fails because of storms and earthquakes, both of
which have a demonstrated history of also taking out natural gas at times.
This means that at least one of your generators (around here) should run on
something you store on-site. And thus, if you can only afford one, that one
must be in that category.
By your logic, the fact that electricity is _usually_ available on tap
eliminates the need for a generator altogether.
Matthew
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Woodcock [mailto:woody@pch.net]
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 4:04 PM
> To: Matthew Kaufman
> Cc: 'David Lesher'; 'nanog list'
> Subject: RE: Looking for advice on datacenter electrical/generator
>
>
> On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Matthew Kaufman wrote:
> > natural gas has been off for multiple days in a row twice.
> > So for the last datacenter I built, I went with diesel.
>
> I'm not following your logic... How does the fact that
> natural gas is _usually_ available on-tap, and diesel _never_
> is make diesel preferable?
>
> -Bill
>
>
