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Re:Is it okay to daisy chain a UPS? by michaelt on Sunday April 28, 2024 @10:55AM (#40189050)
Diesel generators are great if you need a few hours of backup (assuming the generator actually starts when you call on it).

But if you need enough backup capacity to survive something a multi-state, multi-day blackout [1] that probably gets expensive.

You wouldn't need that for a premium erotic call processor, but a 911 call exchange might, for the portion of their workload they can't pass off to another exchange.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003

Re:Is it okay to daisy chain a UPS? by willis936 on Sunday April 28, 2024 @12:27PM (#40189720)
You can store about a day's worth of diesel on-site and have agreements in place to have daily refills in cases of emergencies.

If you can't get gasoline within a day's drive then there's bigger problems in the world.

Re:Is it okay to daisy chain a UPS? by progbits on Sunday April 28, 2024 @06:09PM (#40192430)
In many places going over what you can store might put you over emission quotas and you would have to shut down anyway. I'm familiar with one incident at large DC which had fuel left and could easily get more, but only had few hours before they were required to shut down by EPA.
Re:Is it okay to daisy chain a UPS? by segmondy on Sunday April 28, 2024 @11:24AM (#40189286)
Natural gas generators.
Re:Is it okay to daisy chain a UPS? by j45 on Sunday April 28, 2024 @12:04PM (#40189568)
Looking at multi fuel generators is worth it too depending on your setup.

For example some can run gas/propane/natural gas

Re:Is it okay to daisy chain a UPS? by s0rce on Sunday April 28, 2024 @12:51PM (#40189900)
I worked at a site where we powered a bunch of stuff consistently from diesel generators until the grid hookup was finished, much longer than a few days. Probably was expensive.