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All UPSes suck (was Re: clearblue part deux)
From: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 15:38:03 -0400 (EDT)
On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, Ulf Zimmermann wrote:
Sounds like XO in Fremont ... last weekend their one UPS had a leaking capacitor, took out both UPS systems, power was down for at least 1.5 hours. Was really nice to move out of Clear Blue in Santa Clara to arrive in Fremont and being told power was out.
Sigh, repetition is the mother of learning. Despite the name, UPSes are not uninterruptible. Every UPS vendor has failures, and will have failures. If you put all your servers in one location, you will eventually have a failure. Diversity begins at home.
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- clearblue part deux John Kinsella (Aug 02)
- Re: clearblue part deux John Kinsella (Aug 02)
- Re: clearblue part deux Ulf Zimmermann (Aug 03)
- All UPSes suck (was Re: clearblue part deux) Sean Donelan (Aug 03)
- Re: All UPSes suck (was Re: clearblue part deux) David Lesher (Aug 03)
- Re: clearblue part deux Ulf Zimmermann (Aug 03)
- Re: clearblue part deux John Kinsella (Aug 02)
- When Security Guards Attack (was: clearblue part deux) John Kinsella (Aug 05)
- Re: When Security Guards Attack (was: clearblue part deux) Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine (Aug 05)
- Re: When Security Guards Attack (was: clearblue part deux) Jerry Eyers (Aug 05)
- Re: When Security Guards Attack (was: clearblue part deux) Eric Gauthier (Aug 05)
- Re: When Security Guards Attack (was: clearblue part deux) Mans Nilsson (Aug 07)
- Re: When Security Guards Attack (was: clearblue part deux) Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine (Aug 05)
- Re: When Security Guards Attack (was: clearblue part deux) John Kinsella (Aug 05)