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I think they refer to the absence of one single mains switch to turn off everything in the datacenter. It took 3 hours for the firefighter to find all the indiv
by darkwater 5y ago
I think they refer to the absence of one single mains switch to turn off everything in the datacenter. It took 3 hours for the firefighter to find all the individual switches and turn them off, according to the report.
- bombcar 5y agoThere still should be a utility box somewhere near, if necessary the utility should have been able to kill power to the whole sub-division. Every commercial building in the US I've seen has a big huge switch outside (temptation to throw it has been moderate sometimes). The point about UPS continuing to provider power even after the utility is cut is critical, though.
- jwandborg 5y agoDatacenters sometimes have redundant main power providers, I'm guessing that could change the assumption to "there should be a number of supply boxes nearby, which all need to be interfered with".
- bombcar 5y agoUsually then the boxes are heavily marked with how many there are, where the others are, and other info.