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NiMo 1, UPS 0
Well, just when you get complacent about the power being remarkably stable this past year, we lose power for no readily apparent reason. Unless cold fog is a good reason.
Someday, Niagara Mohawk might actually upgrade whatever piece of crap switchgear that keeps letting this happen, but until then, all I can do is buy more UPS capacity to try to ride it out.
We almost made it this time... and when it was obvious we weren't going to make it all the way, I started to shut things down. Almost, but not quite in time to get the main fileserver and webserver down safely. ;)
Nothing was lost or damaged, but sometimes you need this sort of event to remind you of all the "temporary" fixes and changes you made a few weeks or months ago. As in, when nothing restarts correctly or is all pointing the wrong way. Well, I have a list of busted stuff to fix permanently now, we'll see if I actually do it.
I actually happen to have two new (to us) UPSs in the storage at work. A 1400VA, and a big bruisin' 2200VA. Never felt real compelled to haul them home before, since that means hauling around one 70 pound unit and one 90 pound unit, and then up three flights of stairs. Looks like I just need to lift with the legs, not the back, and just do it already.
