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please mention the difference between a surge protector and a UPS
I just want to say that when you put language such as UPS/Surge Protector into your writing people might think one is as good as the other. One time I know of very clearly was in a new server install, where (even though a new UPS was shipped with it) the tech during the RacknStack plugged the new server into the existing surge protector instead of the UPS and it shut off the breaker for the telephone system, and by the time the tech figured out where the switch was to turn it back on (30min to an hr) the memory of all of the phone numbers in the phone system were completely wiped out and needed reprogramming, which is a long painstaking process. The next work day needed a Telecom person to come in and do this, the tech was not paid for the day, and the data migration that he was assigned to was cancelled and given to another tech.
Posted by edwardtisdale
7th Mar 2011