[AusNOG] ATS vs STS & recommendations?

[Patrick Cole]

James,

We had this sort of maintenance performed in Equinix SY1 once in the last 10-20 years.

You must just be lucky.

Regards,

Patrick

Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 09:21:39PM +1000, James Cunningham wrote:


>    I'm assuming this is a result of NextDC announcing maintenance at S1 where
>    they are turning off one of the power feeds to your racks? We got one of
>    these as well. 
> 
>    Is it just me, or am I the only one concerned that NextDC have to turn off
>    power to one of our power feeds in our racks? We have been in Equinix and
>    Global Switch data centres for about 15 years, and never had them power
>    off our feeds to our racks before during their maintenance processes.
> 
>    What gives?
> 
>    J.
> 
>    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>    Hi All,
> 
>    Â 
> 
>    One of our DC providers is removing some power from a single feed in some
>    of our racks soon, and a couple of our customers have some single fed
>    units that are connected to the â**wrongâ** rail.
> 
>    Â 
> 
>    We are looking to help them out with ATS or STSs. I remember some
>    discussion some time ago about whether one is better than the other, and
>    some quite technical arguments why you would prefer one or the other.
> 
>    Â 
> 
>    For a standard 10A outlet and a 500-1kw load what do people recommend
>    these days?
> 
>    Â 
> 
>    Thanks,
> 
>    Andrew
> 
>    Â 
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