[58690] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "They all suck!" Re: UPS failure modes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Sprunk)
Thu May 29 21:06:24 2003
From: "Stephen Sprunk" <stephen@sprunk.org>
To: "Dan Hollis" <goemon@anime.net>,
"Jack Bates" <jbates@brightok.net>
Cc: "Sean Donelan" <sean@donelan.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 19:59:01 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Thus spake "Dan Hollis" <goemon@anime.net>
>
> On Thu, 29 May 2003, Jack Bates wrote:
> > Dan Hollis wrote:
> > > ok, what UPSes do telcos use (besides their monster battery arrays)
> > What's wrong with our monster battery arrays?
>
> They dont tend to fit in 19" rackmounts
You wouldn't mount a "monster array" in 19" racks anyways.
Telco battery strings often take up entire floors, or at least significant
portions of them, and per building codes have to be enclosed (e.g. basement)
to contain fumes, leaks, or explosions. Things get a bit more complicated
safety-wise when you're talking 24-48 hours of capacity.
S
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