# Power Surge in Buffalo? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 17, 2011, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504 "2011-05-17T11:14:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 5:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/41 "2011-05-18T05:31:22Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Your CTO for not putting your sensitive electronics behind good UPS power? LOL. Funny but true. Double online conversion UPS or go home. People bawk at the cost of UPS but fail to realize it’s a small fraction of their total investment. Cheap insurance to keep things running and getting clean power. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/42 "2011-05-18T05:57:12Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Your CTO for not putting your sensitive electronics behind good UPS power? Meh, so far just an old 10/100 switch and an old Dell needed replacing. The problem is the main building is over 100 years old and really wasn’t made for electricity let alone networking. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/43 "2011-05-18T06:00:55Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Your CTO for not putting your sensitive electronics behind good UPS power? yep ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 6:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/44 "2011-05-18T06:02:29Z")
Servers and switches are behind UPSs. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 6:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/45 "2011-05-18T06:06:41Z")
Then why were the servers and switches down for an hour? ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/46 "2011-05-18T06:14:15Z")
Sorry, what I meant was, they were off and it took us a while to get all of them back up and running. The UPS is our main server room is over the limit…We’re correcting that issue by moving servers to the new building and implimenting Hyper V soon. ---
**Author:** ![Neon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@Neon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neon)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 6:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/47 "2011-05-18T06:15:36Z")
bin Ladens compound had a better network than you. ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gus/32/5112_2.png) [@Gus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/48 "2011-05-18T07:27:55Z")
Hyper V - mmmm yummy Make sure you have your ram ready. That shit gobbles and gags on memory. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/49 "2011-05-18T07:44:55Z")
> [@Gus](#): > > That shit gobbles and gags. Sounds like the girl I met last weekend :rimshot: ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/50 "2011-05-18T07:55:15Z")
> [@Gus](#): > > Hyper V - mmmm yummy > > Make sure you have your ram ready. That shit gobbles and gags on memory. Pssh not a problem. We just got a new SAN in for backups, 47 TB of storage. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/51 "2011-05-18T08:12:16Z")
uhhhh, SAN storage != RAM ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/52 "2011-05-18T08:38:57Z")
How are we still talking about this? My lights flickered? ---
**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/53 "2011-05-18T09:20:57Z")
> [@ProgRocker](#): > > Pssh not a problem. We just got a new SAN in for backups, 47 TB of storage. Betta get dat dere bigger UPS quick. 😉 We have a massive dual compressor Liebert cooling unit. Probably $60k worth. I think we’re undersized…time will tell when it finally warms up around here. One compressor won’t cut it so how they bought this thinking it would be “redundant” is weetoddit! LOL ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/54 "2011-05-18T09:25:39Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > uhhhh, SAN storage != RAM Well aware. It was off topic. We have a few servers around 32GB of ram. > [@TradersBASE](#): > > Betta get dat dere bigger UPS quick. 😉 > We have a massive dual compressor Liebert cooling unit. Probably $60k worth. I think we’re undersized…time will tell when it finally warms up around here. One compressor won’t cut it so how they bought this thinking it would be “redundant” is weetoddit! LOL Our new building is supported by a massive APC Unit that can handle pretty much whatever we toss on it. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/55 "2011-05-18T11:12:16Z")
Back on topic. Here’s footage of the problem. ![http://chzgifs.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/dearlordp1.gif](http://chzgifs.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/dearlordp1.gif) ---
**Author:** ![FadetoBlack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fadetoblack/32/6118_2.png) [@FadetoBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FadetoBlack)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/56 "2011-06-15T13:22:29Z")
Figured I would skip starting a new thread. Lights just flashed in my office and the surge protector went nuts. I’m in Amherst. Anyone else get it? ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/57 "2011-06-15T13:31:06Z")
nada ---
**Author:** ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/58 "2011-06-15T13:45:38Z")
I can’t say as I noticed anything at all. I’m in Amherst as well ---
**Author:** ![FadetoBlack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fadetoblack/32/6118_2.png) [@FadetoBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FadetoBlack)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/59 "2011-06-15T13:52:14Z")
Could have been REALLY local then I guess. It seemed more intense than the last one though. Instead of the protector just clicking and the lights dimming for a sec the thing beeped like an SOB and the lights flickered. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/60 "2011-06-15T13:54:41Z")
Anyone care to explain what is going on in Fry’s gif. I mean clearly something went wrong and it looks like people got electrocuted or knocked off their feet, but what was going on. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504.md?page=4)