Ninja's_RGR'us (10/7/2011)
jay holovacs (10/7/2011)
We do an offfsite DR test 2x per year.In addition we are in a building with diesel generators and sufficient fuel to run for several weeks.
When you tried to run 24 / 7 on those generators, how many weeks did you last?
Do you check regularly that noone is "sniffing off" some of that fuel?
What happens if the fuel gets contaminated (I'd check here that everything is up to regulations, and highly unlikeky to be destroyed in the normal huge storms in your area).
Good questions. We are located in a manufacturing plant and the generators are maintained by our plant engineers. They are regularly tested (and certified for enviro regs), actually kind of an overkill in capacity for just a data center, but it is a nice luxury. Two Caterpillar turbocharged 6 cylinder engines and one 12 cylinder Cat. (One of our company's lines is electric distribution switch gear so we have a nice setup).
They share the same fuel supply as can be used in heating units (we also have natural gas) so the fuel level is rotated. It's one big killer size steel tank at the back of the plant.
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