I don't read or hear anything about the rolling blackouts taking out web hosting companies in California.

Is everyone covered with UPS and generator backups so that the NOCs and all their bandwidth providers stay up? How long can these guys survive the blackout? 1 Hour? 2, 3?

Predictions are for 35 days of blackouts in CA this summer. How are those of you hosted in CA dealing with this?

-t

Interestingly Yahoo was affected.

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/r/fcweb/Business%2FUtility_Industry_Deregulation/Related%20Web%20Sites/California%20Independent%20System%20Operator%20%28Cal-ISO%29/*http://www.caiso.com/

;)

I find it astounding that we are where we are with regard to technology, yet still slaves to previous revolutions.

I would think that by now the west coast of the United States would be making full use of solar energy and wind farms. The isp's and tech firms (and hydro cos.) could sideline production of electricity to ensure supply met demand.

Along the same lines, it is beyond me why the oil companies and auto makers have not branched off to stockpile hydrogen and produce fuel cells. Again ensuring thier growth and keeping up with the changing times.

there's 4 cents.

kb

All modern NOCs are protected with UPS and backup diesel generators. Most can survive indefinitely without external power, assuming a supply of diesel fuel for the generators. The UPS systems smooth out the power and will take the load for the few minutes it takes for the diesel generators to kick in. Also, businesses will be the last hit with rolling blackouts, as residential areas are the first. Data centers also have agreements with power companies to be on a priority list for power and typically will not be hit by rolling blackouts. Of course you should ensure your NOC has these measures in place... I have seen customer confidence go down because of rolling blackouts in CA, although I find their worries are not well founded, considering the hundreds of thousands of dollars that is invested into the power infrastructure of any large data center.

I think the reason why Yahoo! was affected was because one of their generators exploded. Not quite sure however, but I think I read that somewhere...

Originally posted by avara
I think the reason why Yahoo! was affected was because one of their generators exploded. Not quite sure however, but I think I read that somewhere...

Indeed it was... Actually the generator belonged to Exodus...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/18814.html