Comments on: More Power to the People.. http://blog.dreamhost.com/2005/09/16/more-power-to-the-people/ Tales From the Inside! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:00:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Broken Kode | We’re All Broken Kode » Blog Archive » Dreamhost Outage http://blog.dreamhost.com/2005/09/16/more-power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1090 Broken Kode | We’re All Broken Kode » Blog Archive » Dreamhost Outage Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:56:56 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/?p=39#comment-1090 [...] For those of you glossing over this little part of the email, generators will fail, that’s a given. They might not have checked them properly, they could choke up, this is a very common thing, which is why you always have several, to provide resilience to the system. One fails you’ve got another one to handle the load or whatever. There are different degrees of resilience, and that’s where the term n+1 (which they also talk about later comes into play). N being the nominal number of generators they need to supply the building completely, and plus 1 for the additional generator, in case one fails. [...] [...] For those of you glossing over this little part of the email, generators will fail, that’s a given. They might not have checked them properly, they could choke up, this is a very common thing, which is why you always have several, to provide resilience to the system. One fails you’ve got another one to handle the load or whatever. There are different degrees of resilience, and that’s where the term n+1 (which they also talk about later comes into play). N being the nominal number of generators they need to supply the building completely, and plus 1 for the additional generator, in case one fails. [...]

]]> By: Daniel http://blog.dreamhost.com/2005/09/16/more-power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1042 Daniel Sun, 18 Sep 2005 19:07:24 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/?p=39#comment-1042 That generator is absolutely... massive. Looks like something that should be powering a submarine, not an office building... However, considering their recent track records I'm not sure I'd trust it to keep me from sinking into an abyss, eh :-D That generator is absolutely… massive. Looks like something that should be powering a submarine, not an office building… However, considering their recent track records I’m not sure I’d trust it to keep me from sinking into an abyss, eh :-D

]]> By: apoRia21 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2005/09/16/more-power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1041 apoRia21 Sun, 18 Sep 2005 04:47:43 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/?p=39#comment-1041 perhaps it should be N + 2 instead..;-) perhaps it should be N + 2 instead..;-)

]]> By: matttail http://blog.dreamhost.com/2005/09/16/more-power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1040 matttail Sun, 18 Sep 2005 01:18:29 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/?p=39#comment-1040 Have you guys clicked the valid XHTM link recently? -Matttail Have you guys clicked the valid XHTM link recently?

-Matttail

]]> By: John Pfeiffer http://blog.dreamhost.com/2005/09/16/more-power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1031 John Pfeiffer Sat, 17 Sep 2005 15:21:08 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/?p=39#comment-1031 Just got your email. You guys turned what sounds like a minor catastrophe (Compared to other recent catastrophes) into a hiccup I never noticed. Keep up the good work! Just got your email. You guys turned what sounds like a minor catastrophe (Compared to other recent catastrophes) into a hiccup I never noticed. Keep up the good work!

]]> By: Robert http://blog.dreamhost.com/2005/09/16/more-power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1022 Robert Sat, 17 Sep 2005 04:57:44 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/?p=39#comment-1022 Yay! A new generator. The others proved to be so reliable ;-) Yay! A new generator. The others proved to be so reliable ;-)

]]> By: noa http://blog.dreamhost.com/2005/09/16/more-power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1020 noa Sat, 17 Sep 2005 01:35:26 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/?p=39#comment-1020 Hope it works to. Hope it works to.

]]> By: Juan http://blog.dreamhost.com/2005/09/16/more-power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1019 Juan Sat, 17 Sep 2005 01:13:48 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/?p=39#comment-1019 hope this one works!! :) hope this one works!! :)

]]> By: Chris http://blog.dreamhost.com/2005/09/16/more-power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1011 Chris Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:55:19 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/?p=39#comment-1011 At least its a better picture than the crazy chainsaw weilding tarzan tree trimmer =) /just not as exciting At least its a better picture than the crazy chainsaw weilding tarzan tree trimmer =)

/just not as exciting

]]> By: Simon Jessey http://blog.dreamhost.com/2005/09/16/more-power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1007 Simon Jessey Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:45:58 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/?p=39#comment-1007 No word on the <a href="http://discussion.dreamhost.com/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=forum_offtopic&Number=29857&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=14&vc=1#Post29857" rel="nofollow">quantum singularity</a> then? No word on the quantum singularity then?

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