Re: disaster plan for small shops

Appreciate all the comments. I've worked DR plans in big corps, but not
a small corp. This customer is in "information services" and "legal" stuff
for construction companies. The aftermatch of hurricane andrew was a
huge boom in their business. They are shopping, even today with no power,
for a building generator ( and I had to insist they put me in the loop for
specs).
They are in FL & I am in NC but am considering what remote journalling
to my i5 might do for them. They hard part would be a switch over of the
web site, which is half the orders every day.
As to going to the beach... unfortunately for them, they are in a
competetive
market for this service, we are up 7 x 365 x 22 and so far have been the
most reliable
service in the industry (because it's been s3x thru i5 for 25 years). Many
of the customers
are large companies, and the loss of even 1 or 2 large accounts would hurt
badly.
Even with a generator today, we know the T1 is down also. Even when power
back,
we still will have a web outage.
jim franz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Haase, Justin C." <justin.haase@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 10:22 AM
Subject: RE: disaster plan for small shops


> Just one recommendation on the previous comment of running a small box
> on a generator - make sure you have a UPS with under/overvolt protection
> between the genset and the system - it'll automatically condition the
> power, plus allow you to stay up the whole time between outage and when
> you get the small generator put in place (and then when you remove it).
> The smaller generators run on lawnmower-type engines are notorious for
> large swings in voltage, especially when other items are turned on and
> off connected to the same unit.
>
> This comment obviously doesn't apply to permanent genset installations
> where the UPS is automatically in between and hardwired, but if it's a
> small Honda generator that you wheel in and run a drop cord just when
> you need it - this is the situation I'm talking about.
>
> Caterpillar also does the "wheel-er-in" style of power generation for
> larger needs.
>
> Justin C. Haase - iSeries System Administrator
> IBM Certified Systems Expert - eServer i5
> Kingland Systems Corporation
> email - justin.haase@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pat Barber
> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 9:13 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: disaster plan for small shops
>
> A generator set can certainly be used for a few days.
>
> I would check with the local industrial rental companies that have the
> very large gen set. These are BIG Onan gen sets on wheels that can towed
> directly to the location.
>
> A small I5 could be run by a portable generator without too much
> trouble.(folks in Florida know about these things) They can bought for
> well under $500 at any Sam's Club.
>
>
> Depending on area of Floida, I would look at "Sunbelt Rentals"
> if they are in the area. There MANY other industrial tool rental places.
>
> I just checked:
>
> They are all over Florida:
>
> http://www.sunbeltrentals.com/locations/locations.asp?state=FL
>
>
>
> Jim Franz wrote:
>
> > For 12 years this customer avoided any talk of a DR plan.
> > Last night an 18 wheeler took out 3 power poles at the front of the
> > site, and a city block is without power & phone. Barely missed actual
> building.
> > UPS has reached it's limit (about 4 hours) and the entire computer
> > room is out (i5, 3-win servers, router, etc).
>
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