RE: Generator for Network

["Ericsson, Paul" <PEricsson at onconcord dot com>]

Janet & other III users --

Please post replies to the list. We have similar circumstances and are planning a budget request for next fiscal year.  

One of the good news items for our configuration, is that our computer room, and many of our staff computers, are actually run through a separate breaker panel from the rest of the library building. So at least one part of the upgrade - that is - separating the circuits that will be put on the generator, has already been done. 

One thing I found out by experience - is that even though our III server is on a UPS (and it appears that our ups will run an hour or more) but because the network switches and hubs were not on the UPS - when we lost power, I lost all connectivity to the III server. Our server was configured by III without a console terminal, so we go through our staff workstations to run backups, and other admin tasks on the character based or Millenium system. We clearly need to add more than the III server and RAID tower to the UPS's.

Paul
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	Paul Ericsson
	Adult Services Supervisor / Automation Coordinator
	Concord Public Library    http://www.onconcord.com
	45 Green St.     Concord, NH 03301     603 230-3697
	pericsson at onconcord dot com
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-----Original Message-----
From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org
[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org]On Behalf Of Janet Fine
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 12:59 PM
To: innopac at innopacusers dot org
Subject: Generator for Network


11/15/04

Hi Everyone,

Our library often experiences electrical 
power/outages/fluctuations/spikes/dips and brownouts that are caused by our 
local energy supplier--LIPA.  Sometimes these power problems cause complete 
blackouts and sometimes the spikes and dips are more subtle and cause only 
the network to crash.  Our ups's can keep our network up for only about 20 
minutes during a brownout.  Does anyone use a generator to keep their system 
up in similiar circumstances? Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Janet Fine
Department Head, Circulation Services
Great Neck Library
159 Bayview Avenue
Great Neck, NY 11023
(516) 466-8055 ext. 205


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