I read “do you put your switches on a maintenance contract” as talking about the switches themselves, but I can see what you are saying as well.
I agree that life/safety/phones, but a blanket “everything gets a UPS” can be wasteful. For example, switches that just support wired ports in dorm rooms. No guarantees of availability in the event of a power outage. Or switches that support little used buildings. We do use UPSes, but only where they make sense. 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 Mike King Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 9:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Backup power Most UPS companies offer service contracts on the larger UPS (Symmetry line from APC is one example). That's what I think they were asking about. IE, If your putting cheap throwaway UPS's in there, is it worth having a service contract. I think it comes down to how you utilize your network. If you have what your department has determined as life/safety gear on there (And VoIP phones usually fall under this) then it should be considered. On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Thomas Carter <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: 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<tel:(903)%20813-2564> www.austincollege.edu<http://www.austincollege.edu/> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Sandra Bury Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 10:02 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[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<tel:(309)%20677-2808> [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. ********** 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.
