[Dreamslacker]

Originally Posted by Elriond

that cheap? I just had my office 1 changed in May. Cost about 500+-. So I figured a consumer grade 1 probably goes around 100-200.

That's the price you pay when you're getting an original replacement part from the manufacturer. You can actually just buy an equivalent (or possibly better) from SLT for about $50 if you're willing to strip the UPS apart and swap the connections accordingly.

[Dreamslacker]

Originally Posted by reddevil0728

Actually what's the point of having UPS? When the whole house black out, you also cannot use your computer what. If we ignore the fact that we got laptop

As I've mentioned, it's used for PABX/ IP-PABX systems. Which, if you choose to use, will be powering your phones. So in the event of a power outage, you still get telephony services. Of course, if you use POTS then it isn't a concern.

[Dreamslacker]

Originally Posted by Elriond

but then again, such events do rarely happen...

When they do, it can be quite erm... Disastrous (in a company).

Last incident I know of involved UPS batteries failing for both main and shadow server clusters despite bi-annual disaster recovery exercises.
Apparently, some goons simply forgot to actually verify that the batteries would hold their charge long enough for the backup generators to kick in and stabilize when they had their exercise.

[DragonFire]

LOL sounds familiar. Generators run only once or twice a year often have trouble kicking in when they are needed. You get stuff like pigeons or rats nesting in the exhaust pipes. You should see the gensets they are installing at the new office complex in Alexandra. Last I checked they had 8 container sized generators installed in the basement.

DF

[tensor]

ohh... sweet..
interested to see how the genset's exhaust piping is setup.

[DragonFire]

All lined up in a row facing another building. Like the engine ports of a V8 lol.

Pity they didn't put in a multi MW gas turbine generator. I think some wafer fabs have those for emergencies.

Let me see if I can cop a picture.

DF

[Dreamslacker]

Originally Posted by DragonFire

LOL sounds familiar. Generators run only once or twice a year often have trouble kicking in when they are needed. You get stuff like pigeons or rats nesting in the exhaust pipes. You should see the gensets they are installing at the new office complex in Alexandra. Last I checked they had 8 container sized generators installed in the basement.

DF

LOL.. The main question I have is why the Shadow cluster and Main Clusters were not under separate grids?

My dad was just glad he tendered his early retirement 1 month prior to the fiasco. Not that it was his problem anyway.. Different organization anyway but still affected. Fortunately, they kept some of their own mail exchange servers internally.