[80066] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Dual rackmountable power supply?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (alex@pilosoft.com)
Fri Apr 22 20:21:00 2005
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 20:06:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: alex@pilosoft.com
To: Mike Sawicki <fifi@HAX.ORG>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20050422223351.GT10600@HAX.ORG>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Mike Sawicki wrote:
> Do any of you know if there are companies who manufacture 1/2U
> rackmountable PDU's that take AC from redundant sources? I have
> equipment at a colo that seems to have issues with one of the two
> circuits in my cabinets about once a month. Since it would be a real
> pain in the neck for me to retrofit every server with dual-ps, I was
> thinking this could be a possible middle-of-the-road solution. Thanks.
This is called a "Static Transfer Switch". (Sometimes "automatic transfer
switch", particularly for smaller units). Number of companies make small
ones:
http://www.baytechdcd.com/cgi-private/showprod?prod=F5-RPC
http://www.baytechdcd.com/cgi-private/showprod?prod=ATS12-30
http://twinsource.net/
http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=14
http://www.mgeups.com/products/pdt230/sts/psts/stsa.htm
