UPS - single points of failure

Jerry Feldman gaf at blu.org
Mon Dec 4 07:38:07 EST 2006


No, it was my company that was asked first if we were plugged into the
UPS. We were not, but we did help the company that owned the UPS to
track down who was usurping it. The company who owned the UPS was very
nice in not unplugging the violator. 

 On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 08:01:18 -0500
"Matt Shields" <mattboston at gmail.com> wrote:

> True, I don't know if I would have been so nice.  But it could be good
> PR to the usurping company that you helped them out by not just
> shutting down their servers.  Even if they don't tell people how good
> you are, if you do unplug them they could tell people how you took
> their servers down.  They may not tell people that it was their fault,
> but you'll still get blamed for taking them offline.  A little good
> will can go a long way.


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