Comments on: Vancouver Power Outage KOs Plenty of Fish http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/07/15/vancouver-power-outage-kos-plenty-of-fish/ News and analysis about data centers, cloud computing, managed hosting and disaster recovery Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:07:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: John http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/07/15/vancouver-power-outage-kos-plenty-of-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-392 John Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:27:25 +0000 http://dev.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/07/15/vancouver-power-outage-kos-plenty-of-fish/#comment-392 interesting - regarding the 6 generators: I was there speaking with the maintenance guys and they were refering to the $2 million generator that powers Peer1 and Fusepoint as "Generator 7" - the one that the cooling failed on.... interesting – regarding the 6 generators:

I was there speaking with the maintenance guys and they were refering to the $2 million generator that powers Peer1 and Fusepoint as “Generator 7″ – the one that the cooling failed on….

]]> By: Jeff http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/07/15/vancouver-power-outage-kos-plenty-of-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Jeff Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:27:09 +0000 http://dev.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/07/15/vancouver-power-outage-kos-plenty-of-fish/#comment-391 @Michael T. Halligan: Michael, cars don't need a water hose of infinite length to stay cool because the heat is moved from the coolant to the air as the air flows over the radiator (or by the fan, if you're not moving). Backup generators that are fixed in place obviously can't use that method so you have to either find another way to cool the water or replace the hot water with new (cooler) water. That's why they need a plentiful water supply. @Michael T. Halligan:

Michael, cars don’t need a water hose of infinite length to stay cool because the heat is moved from the coolant to the air as the air flows over the radiator (or by the fan, if you’re not moving). Backup generators that are fixed in place obviously can’t use that method so you have to either find another way to cool the water or replace the hot water with new (cooler) water. That’s why they need a plentiful water supply.

]]> By: Michael T. Halligan http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/07/15/vancouver-power-outage-kos-plenty-of-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-390 Michael T. Halligan Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:53:22 +0000 http://dev.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/07/15/vancouver-power-outage-kos-plenty-of-fish/#comment-390 I have to wonder why their generators needed some sort of an external cooling system? Beyond being an apparent SPOF, it is simply unnecessary. As a friend said last night "It's not as if all the cars and trucks on the road drive around with a water hose of infinite length to stay cool". I have to wonder why their generators needed some sort of an external cooling system? Beyond being an apparent SPOF, it is simply unnecessary. As a friend said last night “It’s not as if all the cars and trucks on the road drive around with a water hose of infinite length to stay cool”.

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