On Mon, 14 Oct 1996, Nathan Stratton wrote: Greetings
On Mon, 14 Oct 1996, Patrick J. Chicas wrote:
I don't understand how they could have 3 different power systems fail without a serious operations procedural error.
They did not, the transfer switch did.
I think you have missed my point. By the RISKS message it appears that BBN relied blindly on whatever power solution Stanford had in place. THis, is an operational failure.
In 18 years of telecom management I have never seen a "Transfer Switch" as a component failure. I have seen quite a few overloaded battery strings, and UPS's backed by rusty generators.
Well this is one, and I have only been on this planet 20 years and have seen 2 be the failure.
I have seen automatic tranfer mechanisms fail but, never the manual portion of the switch. Regards Patrick J. Chicas Email: pjc@unix.off-road.com URL: http://www.Off-Road.com -------------------------------- The Off-Road Center of The 'Net!