From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Nov 15 20:13:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA16040 for isp-outgoing; Sat, 15 Nov 1997 20:13:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from super-g.inch.com (super-g.com [207.240.140.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA16035 for ; Sat, 15 Nov 1997 20:13:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from spork@super-g.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by super-g.inch.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA00949; Sat, 15 Nov 1997 23:08:29 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 23:08:29 -0500 (EST) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: Bill Vermillion cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Power In-Reply-To: <199711152011.PAA27444@bilver.oau.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, Bill Vermillion wrote: > cords. You'd be better off getting the building wired correctly. That's really the most important part... The space we rent for one of our locations only had one circuit for the equipment room. Originally there were about 250 modems with those little power cubes, 5 UPSs, and a handful of servers. When we finally convinced the boss to bring in licensed electricians, they pulled four circuits for about $400. It was well worth it. Previous to the "upgrade" an outage would wreac havoc when the power came back and all the UPSs wanted to recharge. Some hints: Hire real electricians (especially in NYC:) Get about 4 times the power you think you'll need. It's cheaper to do it all at once. Make em put in quad-boxes. "Cross wire" the quad boxes (ie: circuit "A" on two plugs "B" on the other, etc.) so you can spread the wealth. Ask the boss after a big outage. Charles Sprickman spork@super-g.com ---- "I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man Just a mortal with potential of a superman I'm living on" -DB