Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 09:20:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Vermillion <bill@bilver.magicnet.net> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Backup Power? Message-ID: <199805301320.JAA28883@bilver.magicnet.net> In-Reply-To: <199805292038.PAA26872@ns1.cioe.com> from Steve Ames at "May 29, 98 03:38:10 pm"
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Recently Steve Ames said: > > 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? BEST makes some serious units. Backup power can be quite long, and some of their units also come with a gas generator or for the large units, a diesel generator. They have automatic failover from battery to generator. They are quite robust. Also check Liebert. -- bill@bilver.magicnet.net | bill@bilver.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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