Oh, absolutely. These would be secured on a separate, private network with very specific access controls.
These remote sites are more "branch" than data center. Looking at a very limited amount of equipment (1-2 open telco racks/site). Sent from my iPhone On Jun 24, 2013, at 3:01 PM, Alain Hebert <aheb...@pubnix.net> wrote: > Hi, > > Yes. > > They are good. > > Nothing I would deploy in a large data center but for a few racks > they are perfect. > > Beware that they are not built to be connected straight to the > internet =D. > > The management module can reset depending on packet payload and > overall traffic. They should always be behind some sort of firewall > with rules limiting its access. > > PS: Ours are a few years old, I'm sure APC added some sort of > security since then, you may want to look 'em up. > > Happy 24th to all. > > ----- > Alain Hebert aheb...@pubnix.net > PubNIX Inc. > 50 boul. St-Charles > P.O. Box 26770 Beaconsfield, Quebec H9W 6G7 > Tel: 514-990-5911 http://www.pubnix.net Fax: 514-990-9443 > > On 06/24/13 14:41, Ryan - Lists wrote: >> Does anyone on list have experience with the APC AP7920 switched rack PDU, >> or any of the horizontal rack mountables with management? We're looking at >> these for our remote sites. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jun 24, 2013, at 6:10 AM, Måns Nilsson <mansa...@besserwisser.org> wrote: >> >>> Subject: Re: PDU recommendations Date: Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 09:32:00PM >>> -0400 Quoting shawn wilson (ag4ve...@gmail.com): >>>> So, that's not a very good endorsement :) >>>> >>>> Idk why you'd use a fuse in a PDU. >>> MCB units age. Especially with vibration. A 10A MCB becomes a 9A MCB >>> after some miles. >>> >>> Fuses don't. >>> >>> MCB units are good at protecting people since they trip quickly and >>> aggressively. >>> >>> Fuses tend to linger before blowing, and thus are comparatively bad at >>> protecting >>> people (longer shock) but better at protecting infrastructure (surge >>> and switch-on-transient resistance). >>> >>> -- >>> Måns Nilsson primary/secondary/besserwisser/machina >>> MN-1334-RIPE +46 705 989668 >>> There's a little picture of ED MCMAHON doing BAD THINGS to JOAN RIVERS >>> in a $200,000 MALIBU BEACH HOUSE!! > >