RE: GREAT SCOTT!! 1.21 GIGAWATTS!!
Title: RE: GREAT SCOTT!! 1.21 GIGAWATTS!! All our production databases stayed up ... people lost connection to one building, but all servers in RAC stayed up including network switches etc in the data centers. Raj Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views expressed in this email are strictly personal. QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having an opinion is an art ! -Original Message- From: Odland, Brad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 12:04 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: GREAT SCOTT!! 1.21 GIGAWATTS!! Any listers (when you have time) who were effected the Great Blackout of 2003 please share your experiences. UPS, Y2K backup generators fired up, scramble to shutdown, communication issues etc... It would be good to hear how folks handled the situation for future reference. Brad O. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Odland, Brad INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). This e-mail message is confidential, intended only for the named recipient(s) above and may contain information that is privileged, attorney work product or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this message in error, or are not the named recipient(s), please immediately notify corporate MIS at (860) 766-2000 and delete this e-mail message from your computer, Thank you.*2
Re: GREAT SCOTT!! 1.21 GIGAWATTS!!
Your subject line looks like a quote from "Back to the Future". >From the perspective of (a) being in Dallas, and (b) having all our database servers in hardened collocations with redundant onsite generators, my experience was pretty much having a few beers. I felt spiritually obligated to follow Bloomberg's advice to "drink lots of liquids". We did see three of our monitored client's clients fall off line (about 2%). It's situations like this that make me love collocations. We basically get to be part of a co-op that pays someone else to worry about power, fire and physical security. -rje O> Any listers (when you have time) who were effected the Great Blackout of O> 2003 please share your experiences. UPS, Y2K backup generators fired up, O> scramble to shutdown, communication issues etc... It would be good to hear O> how folks handled the situation for future reference. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Robert Eskridge INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
Re: GREAT SCOTT!! 1.21 GIGAWATTS!!
> It's situations like this that make me love collocations. We basically > get to be part of a co-op that pays someone else to worry about power, > fire and physical security. Sorry, I'm not a native english speaker, but what the heck does collocation mean? Tanel. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Tanel Poder INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
Re: GREAT SCOTT!! 1.21 GIGAWATTS!!
We had 45 minutes on our UPS which handles our routers, switches, firewall, phone system, 1 RS6000 (dual processor), and 5 Windows 2000 servers. We waited 10 minutes to find out what was going on, all the while shutting down non-essential servers. Then we proceeded to perform a graceful shutdown of all our systems. No backups were performed, unfortunately. Now power is back up but we have rotating blackout situations. So the production managers/CEO would like to bring up the essential servers, but I wouldn't risk that without fully charging the UPS power cells. Then at the end of production day (if we are still up), I will be shutting down the system, in case of blackouts during the night. I wouldn't expect things to be back to normal until Tuesday, or later. If anyone else has any suggestions about what I can do, please let me know. HTH, Saira As soon as lights went out --- "Odland, Brad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any listers (when you have time) who were effected > the Great Blackout of > 2003 please share your experiences. UPS, Y2K backup > generators fired up, > scramble to shutdown, communication issues etc... It > would be good to hear > how folks handled the situation for future > reference. > > Brad O. > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Odland, Brad > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 > http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web > hosting services > - > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Saira Somani INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
Re: GREAT SCOTT!! 1.21 GIGAWATTS!!
Tanel, A "co-location" site is a service provider that sells space to companies for their systems so one large physical site could be hosting the servers of dozens and dozens of companies. Picture one really huge computer room filled with rows of cages and each cage houses servers for one company like Ebay, Lycos, etc. Kip |> It's situations like this that make me love collocations. We basically |> get to be part of a co-op that pays someone else to worry about power, |> fire and physical security. |Sorry, I'm not a native english speaker, but what the heck does collocation |mean? |Tanel. |-- |Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net |-- |Author: Tanel Poder | INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com |San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services |- |To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message |to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in |the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L |(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may |also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
