Quoting oli from 15:57, 9th Sep 2008
The Union lost power at 14:18 or so.
Quoting munchingfoo from 05:36, 10th Sep 2008
The builders for the new biophotonics building in the north haugh went through the high voltage line that feeds the north haugh. My guess for this affecting other parts is that it blew some kind of big fuse (whatever the call them at that scale).
Quoting fawksie from 18:56, 9th Sep 2008
The University doesn't do protected data centres. It doesn't do redundant power supplies, generators, batteries or much air conditioning. No money, what what?
Quoting munchingfoo from 05:36, 10th Sep 2008
The builders for the new biophotonics building in the north haugh went through the high voltage line that feeds the north haugh. My guess for this affecting other parts is that it blew some kind of big fuse (whatever the call them at that scale).
Quoting the_third_man from 10:31, 10th Sep 2008
The University itself doesn't. But in the comp. sci., maths, and physics departments, all the vital servers are kept on uninterruptable power supplies. Why the difference?
Quoting eagle from 11:51, 11th Sep 2008
Unlikely - if the businesses don't have their back systems in place, it's their loss.
Quoting Fawksie from 13:28, 11th Sep 2008Quoting the_third_man from 10:31, 10th Sep 2008
The University itself doesn't. But in the comp. sci., maths, and physics departments, all the vital servers are kept on uninterruptable power supplies. Why the difference?
How long do they stay up? It would take an awful lot of battery storage to keep ITS' servers up for two hours, you only attempt that kind of thing if you have generators ready to take over and float charge the batteries, in the same way that BT do it. Can you imagine the cost of installing and maintaining generators and batteries for the two main machine rooms alone, including finding somewhere to put them? They're not exactly flush with cash.
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