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Originally Posted by byte72
I read an article about Data Centers designed without UPS or generators. The article stated that Yahoo is considering going without UPS for several of their future Data Center projects. The theory is to use the network to route around any power outages. Do you really think this is a feasible concept? It seems kind of risky.
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You first need to define what you mean by risky. Are you talking about the risk to the IT or the risk to the business by not delivering the required uptime to a customer?
There is a risk to the IT due to power surges, sags, spikes and brown outs, so you will need it consider your surge protection for the site. You also need to be confident as to how your IT will respond to poor power quality. Power is not just about being on or off, it can also be out of tolerance.
A full dual site model does work well so if customer traffic is shared between two sites already, then most of the hard work has already been done.