-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Your right, there is no 100% guarantee on anything. jus at krytosvirus.com wrote: > Of course by "guarantee that" you mean "notably reduce the likelihood of an outage" > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marc Skinner <marc at e-skinner.net> > > Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:22:25 > To: Nate Carlson<tclug at natecarlson.com> > Cc: TCLUG List<tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Visi down > > > Exactly. If you need servers up you have to go with a dual power circuit > set up. I have a full rack at Visi with dual power and dual uplinks and > have never experienced a single issue for over 2 years - even during > there planned outages. > > You get what you pay for. If it is critical, you must pay for the > architecture that will guarantee that. > > > > > Nate Carlson wrote: >> Ditto.. my response to that was to get a second circuit installed from a >> different PDU, and go to equipment with dual power supplies. The stuff >> that was on a single power supply got moved to an ATS. > >> Moral of the story: all data centers will have occasional power outages, >> but if they are built out properly (completely isolated gensets, UPS's, >> and PDU's), buy a circuit off each independent power supply, and the >> chances of a power outage are extremely low. Of course, there are always >> situations like the fire marshall ordering power off due to a gas leak, >> etc, but that's exceptionally rare. > >> On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, Eric F Crist wrote: >>> Yes, and they had a similar power outage a year ago this past March. We >>> didn't lose any drives during that outage, but half their entire data >>> center was without power. This was one of the notices sent by Bil >>> MacLeslie (ipHouse CEO): >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAko9TzoACgkQvE9HrEfeE4drhwCgvUFgZWew4haU8N6JUX11kB52 qUUAoIKVcKOqawdZemyXHI66bBZ4gAQN =O64l -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----