On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 13:45:55 -0700, Skip Robinson wrote: >Both of our data centers went down after UPS was exhausted. We >had no generators at the time because--scout's honor--some crazy executive >believed that alternative power would cast aspersions on our product; he >had blocked all efforts to install backup power.
Must be symptomatic of the quality of execs in that industry. We had similar, but entirely politically caused. Our Premier (think Governor in US terms) had "taken on" the power unions, and when they went on strike they all got the sack. We had to take down the (single) data centre, with a generator that we had brought in from one of the sub-stations sitting unused in the underground car park. It was mandated it was not to be seen by the public (i.e. press - before social-media) and nor was it to be fired up. Bloody idiots. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
