Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 20:18:50 -0700 From: Jason Ingham <jingham@crimsonweb.com> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: steve@ns1.cioe.com, Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com> Subject: Re: Backup Power? Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980529201850.0131faa0@crimsonweb.com> In-Reply-To: <199805292238.RAA16167@home.dragondata.com> References: <199805292038.PAA26872@ns1.cioe.com>
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http://www.hondapower.com/deluxe.htm ~or~ http://www.hondapower.com/heavy.htm ~Jason At 05:38 PM 5/29/98 -0500, Steve wrote: >> >> This is more than a little off topic, but here goes. >> >> My company operates a number of remote POPs and we want to upgrade >> our backup power. Our minimum target is 2 hours (would like to >> get closer to 8) and most POPs consist of 4-6 Adtran CSU, a Cisco >> 4000 and a couple of Ascend Max 4048. >> >> I've queried a couple of UPS manufacturers and they're going to quote >> me up something but I'm not sure UPSs are the way to go... anyone >> played with other options such as generators? >> >> -Steve > >Speaking as someone who is running off of a generator now, they aren't as >bad as I thought. I'm able to run everything off of this 6kva generator I >rented localy. The power is clean enough to run everything, and I'm able to >go about 8 hours on 5 gallons of gas, powering 12 servers, two DSU's, two >routers, and two monitors. > >However... You need something that'll carry everything for enough time to >get the generator to start, and something that can decide when the time is >right to shut the generator back off. > >There are companies that make eternal power systems like that, but I can't >think of any names off the top of my head. > >Kevin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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