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Re: Never push the Big Red Button (New York City subway failure)
From: Daniel Seagraves <dseagrav () humancapitaldev com>
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 16:38:01 -0500
On Sep 17, 2021, at 8:59 AM, Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> wrote: It is possible to design a data center WITHOUT using those electrical code exceptions, and WITHOUT a "Big Red Button." You can check, because my data center ideas were copied by several tech companies world-wide (you know who you are), and don't have Big Red Buttons. All of those data centers also have water-based automatic fire sprinklers. Both were very radical ideas at the time, which are now commonly accepted. In most cases, you'll need a fully licensed, Professional Engineer specializing in Electrical Engineering to sign off on the final design. A licensed electrician isn't enough. Nevertheless, it is possible to build a safe, code-compliant data center WITHOUT a Big Red Button. The design also seemed to be more reliable.
What’s the gain in _not_ having one that makes it worth the sign-off and hassle? Just avoiding the possibility of accidental activation or something I’m not thinking of?
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- Re: Never push the Big Red Button (New York City subway failure), (continued)
- Re: Never push the Big Red Button (New York City subway failure) William Herrin (Sep 15)
- Re: Never push the Big Red Button (New York City subway failure) Warren Kumari (Sep 15)
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- Re: Never push the Big Red Button (New York City subway failure) Roy (Sep 15)
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- Re: Never push the Big Red Button (New York City subway failure) Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE (Sep 17)
- Re: Never push the Big Red Button (New York City subway failure) Sean Donelan (Sep 17)
- Re: Never push the Big Red Button (New York City subway failure) Daniel Seagraves (Sep 17)