I would ask why the connection between a UPS and maintenance contract? We have a mix of UPSes in important locations and *quality* surge supressors in others. We’ve had two switches fail due to power issues (out of roughly 100 on campus) over the past 5 years, and both were actually connected to a UPS (lightning strike killed the UPS and the switches behind it).
Thomas Carter Network & Operations Manager / IT Austin College 900 North Grand Avenue Sherman, TX 75090 Phone: 903-813-2564 www.austincollege.edu<http://www.austincollege.edu/> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sandra Bury Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 10:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Backup power Good morning - I would be interested to know how many of you include UPS purchases for switches in each network closet in your campus deployments. If you do not build in backup power, do you put your switches on a maintenance contract, or do you pay to replace them when they fail outside of warranty? Thanks very much. Sandy Sandra H. Bury Executive Director, Computing Services Information Resources and Technology Bradley University 309-677-2808 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [Image removed by sender.] ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss.
