North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: MAE-East still no generator
> > Certainly it would be reprehensible if the MAE-E core > > infrastructure (that which MFS owns/runs) wasn't backed up. > > However, I believe it is. > > > > I do not believe that it is the responsibility of MFS to provide > > power to individual's equipment that is co-located at the site. > > If reliable power is not considered an essential part of facility > infrastructure, how would you suggest that tenants get it? I think DC power is provided at all MFS facilities I'm aware of; the rub is that most of our gear is AC. Does anyone know of inverters that take MFS's -48dc (with what I'm told is 'positive-ground' power) and convert it to 110vac? If not, we're probably going to have to build our own battery rack and/or stick a generator on the roof at one of our MFS colo sites. > that the incident at the WilTel POP in Santa Clara, CA, is sufficient > to prove that having individual tenants each supply their own > (typically small) UPS is a Bad Thing - the power was out long enough > to drain them to zero, furthermore (this part I have second hand) some > of them didn't take well to being flatlined like that. If everyone > were left to solve that problem on their own ... well, imagine > everyone jockeying to park their trailer-mounted portable generator > near the door. Yow. > Stephen Avi - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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