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Date:      Thu, 05 Mar 1998 12:15:21 -0800 (PST)
From:      Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
To:        Duncan Barclay <dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk>
Cc:        Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>, julian@whistle.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SCSI Bus redundancy...
Message-ID:  <XFMail.980305121521.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980305080650.dmlb@computer.my.domain>

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On 05-Mar-98 Duncan Barclay wrote:
 ...

> Are you sure you guys want to use different phases of a the same feed?
> Remember
> all two or three phases come into the building from the same sub-station
> down
> the same pice of cable. Most comman fault is a digger cutting this
> cable taking out all three phases or temp. shorts in the
> overheads to the sub-station (auto reset ater a couple of minutes;
> usually
> from wind blowing the cables together).
> 
> You need feeds from seperate sub-stations.

And then snow levels the cables from the power plant, or a flood destroys
the dam...  I recommend 2 separate UPSs for the two inputs.  True HA should
be on 48VDC, separate packs, separate feeds.  Standard Telco stuff.

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Sincerely Yours, 

Simon Shapiro
Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG                      Voice:   503.799.2313

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