SD> Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 16:53:43 -0400 (EDT) SD> From: Sean Donelan SD> Yep, tieing together "redundant" systems with parelleling SD> gears turns two independent systems into one "co-dependent" SD> system. In a failure situation, you want to compartmentalize SD> the failure. Loosing half your systems may be better than SD> loosing all your systems. Too bad a substantial amount of equipment doesn't allow for redundant plugins. The ability to plug { servers | routers | whatever } into two totally separate power feeds is nice. Anyone for building a rackmount transfer switch for two inputs? Assuming it didn't fail (!) -- would the economies of scale work for or against it compared to big transfer switches? Between dealing with _much_ smaller current levels and the opportunity for mass production, what are the chances of something like this working? Eddy -- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT) From: A Trap <blacklist@brics.com> To: blacklist@brics.com Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature. These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots. Do NOT send mail to <blacklist@brics.com>, or you are likely to be blocked.