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Re: "They all suck!" Re: UPS failure modes

  • From: bmanning
  • Date: Fri May 30 15:08:11 2003

> On Thu, 29 May 2003, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
> > Thus spake "Dan Hollis" <[email protected]>
> > > On Thu, 29 May 2003, Jack Bates wrote:
> > > > Dan Hollis wrote:
> > > > > ok, what UPSes do telcos use (besides their monster battery arrays)
> > > > What's wrong with our monster battery arrays?
> > > They dont tend to fit in 19" rackmounts
> > You wouldn't mount a "monster array" in 19" racks anyways.
> Yes, I was specifically asking what telcos use when they dont use the 
> battery arrays.
> Eg what do they use in remote cabinets or customer premise sites...
> I thought it was a simple question, guess not.

	for most sites I've seen, the 19" rack is too small
	for the monster array.  they tend to use 23" racks
	and place the batts at the bottom - generally 3-6 hour
	runtime.

--bill