[58684] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "They all suck!" Re: UPS failure modes (was: fire at NAC)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Day)
Thu May 29 20:05:57 2003
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 19:02:26 -0500
To: "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>,
"nanog@merit.edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
From: Kevin Day <toasty@dragondata.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0305292333110.24322-100000@www.everquick.net
>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
>Too bad a substantial amount of equipment doesn't allow for
>redundant plugins. The ability to plug { servers | routers |
>whatever } into two totally separate power feeds is nice.
>
>Anyone for building a rackmount transfer switch for two inputs?
>Assuming it didn't fail (!) -- would the economies of scale work
>for or against it compared to big transfer switches? Between
>dealing with _much_ smaller current levels and the opportunity
>for mass production, what are the chances of something like this
>working?
I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but:
http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=14&web_displayed=
List price is between $359 and $559, depending on if you want network
management and how many outputs.
-- Kevin
