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Re: Why do we use facilities with EPO's?
From: Jason LeBlanc <jml () packetpimp org>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:40:37 -0400
I do. Hurricane Wilma, blew the roof off our building, water pouring in pooling under the floor and onto the PDUs and UPS (800amps of 480v). We wanted to save the data on the servers, had to hit the EPO to enter the room (anyone have an idea of how far that much power would arc?). It was STILL quite scary since the batteries were still charged, I actually flipped the breaker on the UPS. Not fun to be around that much power when there is a lot of water. Only time I've ever seen an EPO hit in person.
Jerry Pasker wrote:
I've always wondered who died or was injured and caused the EPO to come in to existence. There have been lots of "EPO caused downtime" stories, but does anyone on the NANOG list even have one single "Thank God for the EPO" story? I'll feel better about the general state of the world if I know that the EPO actually has a real valid use that has been ACTUALLY PROVEN IN PRACTICE rather than just in someone's mind.-Jerry <----Is so anti EPO, he has no remote EPO buttons, and even has the irrational fear about the jumper on the "EPO terminal strip" inside his UPSes coming undone.
Current thread:
- RE: Why do we use facilities with EPO's?, (continued)
- RE: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? Alex Rubenstein (Jul 25)
- Re: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? Mattias Ahnberg (Jul 26)
- Re: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? Alexander Harrowell (Jul 27)
- RE: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? Alex Rubenstein (Jul 25)
- Re: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? David Lesher (Jul 25)
- Re: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? Brandon Galbraith (Jul 25)
- Re: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? Sean Donelan (Jul 25)
- Re: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? John Curran (Jul 25)
- Re: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? chuck goolsbee (Jul 25)
- Re: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? Mark Radabaugh (Jul 25)
- Re: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? Jerry Pasker (Jul 25)
- Re: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? Jason LeBlanc (Jul 26)
- Re: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? Jerry Pasker (Jul 25)
- Re: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? Seth Mattinen (Jul 25)
- EPO/NEC (was Re: Why do we use facilities with EPO's?) Alex Pilosov (Jul 25)
- Re: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? George William Herbert (Jul 25)
- Re: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? Barry Shein (Jul 26)
- RE: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? Randy Epstein (Jul 26)
- RE: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? Barry Shein (Jul 26)
- RE: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? Randy Epstein (Jul 26)
- Re: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? Daryl Jurbala (Jul 27)
- RE: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? Barry Shein (Jul 27)
- RE: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? Tim Donahue (Jul 27)
- Re: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? Barry Shein (Jul 26)