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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: "They all suck!" Re: UPS failure modes (was: fire at NAC)
I agree, of course it is ludicrous to think otherwise. It has always bothered me that we rectify AC power to store it in batteries, then re-invert it to power AC servers only for them to rectify it again.... Dan. "Tom (UnitedLayer)" wrote: > > Or we could all take a page from the book of telecom, and run with DC systems. > > It'd be nice to be able to tell our customers: > "Oh hey, you can only use DC power supplies, so you'll need to change out > all of the power supplies in your 1U's, Sun Boxes/etc" > > Yes, I have run an installation of servers that were all DC, and it was > neat, but hardwiring everything was not an exciting task. It was also hard > to find people who were experienced with DC. Most sysadmins have never > worked with DC, and the process of pulling a fuse, unscrewing some > terminals/etc/etc before working on gear isn't always remembered. > > > If only the equipment manufacturers would stop gauging on price for > > DC equipment/power supplies. > > Amen! > You'd think there might actually be less components in the things :)
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