[outages] Linode outage in Newark, NJ starting at 3:30 pm

[Seth Mattinen]

On 8/31/12 3:28 PM, reza a wrote:
> Is it common practice to have an array of batteries in between the colo and the generators to give you time to start the generators?
> 

Yes, of course, but usually with big facilities that runtime is in
minutes, not hours. Or seconds for the flywheel types. And when big
breakers or big engines decide to act up they do so quite stubbornly.
The larger the system the longer it takes to fix a fault even if you
know exactly what's wrong.

In any case, even if there is hours and hours of battery runtime, what
does it matter if the air handlers are off?

~Seth