[Info-vax] We regret to inform (VMS uptime)

[Rich Jordan]

On Aug 25, 11:38 pm, Rich Jordan <jor... at ccs4vms.com> wrote:
> On Aug 25, 2:33 pm, Paul Sture <paul.nos... at sture.ch> wrote:
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>
>
> > In article
> > <f9a8381b-6ffa-49a4-92c7-b1db37e0b... at p19g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
> >  Rich Jordan <jor... at ccs4vms.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Aug 25, 1:19 pm, Rob Brown <mylastn... at gmcl.com> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 at 08:47 -0700, Rich Jordan wrote:
> > > > > We're in the market for a generator at home. Since we're in a
> > > > > townhouse with attached garage we cannot store gasoline (more than 1
> > > > > gallon), but I can have a propane BBQ and keep an extra 20 pound
> > > > > full bottle. A diesel genset would be great since I could store
> > > > > fuel for it, but they're too heavy for my wife to handle and very
> > > > > expensive for properly built ones (not no-name chinese).
>
> > > > No natural gas service available? Generac, for example, makes
> > > > automatic, prepackaged, natural gas powered backup power for
> > > > residential use. And natural gas won't go out the same time as your
> > > > electricity does.
>
> > > NG won't go out right away, but around here thanks to EPA it will go
> > > down within a few days if the outage is widespread enough.  Not likely
> > > but possible.
>
> > > Townhome.  HOA.  No external user-usable NG connection and no option
> > > to put a permanent genset in place with a fixed NG connection.  The
> > > tri-fuel unit is actually capable of running off NG, but that option
> > > is not possible where we're at.
>
> > I don't know if you have space for it, but my father had a large propane
> > tank fitted in the garden to supply the house heating system.  It was
> > something like 20 feet from the house (and he planted bushes around it
> > to conceal it).  Access for refilling was up the side of the house, and
> > the tankers had suitably long pipes.
>
> > --
> > Paul Sture
>
> Same issue as above.  Townhome with an HOA; no way I'm getting a large
> propane tank past them; an extra 20 pounder, or maybe a 30 pounder in
> a storage bench or grill base where it doesn't show is the best I can
> do, and that is actually pretty good.  I'd be ahead of 99% of my
> neighbors, for sure.
>
> Our customers in the Bahamas went offline this afternoon.  I don't
> know yet if it was power or just comm since nobody was onsite.
> They're still offline now so I guess we'll find out tomorrow how
> everyone there (and the Alpha) is doing.

We lost the long uptime.  The site with 51 days since reboot didn't
lose power, but the site gunning for 1K days did.  Sic transit gloria
mundi.