Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
On Thu, 29 May 2003, Sean Donelan wrote:
The most annoying thing about UPSes is they fail at exactly the time they are needed most.
....Like tape drives..
ok, what UPSes do telcos use (besides their monster battery arrays)
-Dan
They eschew same. Telco stuph runs on that -48v. It's their steak & potato...err E. But the price is high and not just the cost. A telco string stores enough to qualify as weapons of mis destruction. Drop a wrench and learn Braille. You need a PE with a track record in battery plant design. You need a separate room, separate ventilation, separate entrance, etc. But your MTBF is many years. Yes, you lose individual loads, but the string carries on. Provided, of course, you keep the rectifiers running, and know when they fail...and fix same. (ATT NYC Toll switch and DACS...) -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433