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by abrookewood 3789 days ago
Generally speaking, I'd recommend AGAINST running UPSes in racks that are managed by top-tier data centres. I've had way more trouble with UPSes misbehaving than I ever have with data centres losing power. EDIT: I'd also point out that 2 hours is a long time to be running on in-rack UPSes. I've usually seen them designed to withstand about an hour, but not much more.
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The power outage was only brief, enough to halt the servers but, much less than the 2 hour outage window.