Subj : Re: Need testers
To   : Ned
From : Angus Mcleod
Date : Wed Jun 15 2005 10:33 am

  Re: Re: Need testers
  By: Ned to Darkytoo on Wed Jun 15 2005 05:40:00

 > > I pushed and got 10 UPS's for that company so everything in our 
 > > server closet could run without power for 45 minutes until we cranked 
 > > on the generator.  Here in this company, if the power flickers, all 
 > > of our orders are lost and nothing can be picked from warehouse for 
 > > almost an hour while servers are rebooted.  I say "hey, ya a ups 
 > > would fix that problem"  and the reply was "yeah, we have them, but 
 > > noone knows how to hook them up"
 > 
 > We are in the process of networking all of our ups's and tying them into a
 > central system for reporting.

We had the building wired with a set of UPS-based outlets.  They were a 
different colour.  The UPS was sized for our server suite plus a few 
critical workstations and printers.

But the bigshots in the admin department and the executive suite came up 
with a brilliant idea.  They all plugged their video entertainment systems 
and coffee-makers into the UPS circuit.  See, when the power went off, 
they were all able to kick back, watch a movie, and sip some coffee while 
they waited for the juice to come back on.  Unfortunately, this reduced 
the 45 minutes of UPS time to 6-7 minutes, which was hardly enough to get 
a cup brewed!  It _certainly_ wasn't enopugh time to run an orderly 
shutdown on the main server.

So the executive decision was made to take some of the minor servers 
servers OFF the UPS circuit.  Just so their coffee could be 
guaranteed.....

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