John R Pierce wrote: > On 9/30/2014 11:42 AM, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >> Damn, hit <send>, and forgot to ask: feel free to answer offlist, but >> what make and model are the 7KVAs, and what ballpark price were they? We need >> two of something like that (at least 6KVA) for the SGI supercomputer.... > > they are HP R7000, made by Eaton. 4U 7KVA rackmount. they need 208 > 40A(?) service. ethernet interface is standard. They support up to 4 > extended runtime modules (4U each). at 80% usage, HP claims 6 minutes > with the base unit and 57 minutes with 4 ERM's (3U each). Thanks, muchly. I keep hoping to be closer to $3k than $5k (we're a US federal agency, non-DoD, and our budget has been negative for years...). > > These things are 165 lbs, they were a gut buster to load into the racks, > heh. after the 1st one, I removed the batteries from the other 3, and > it was way easier. They use 18 12V 45W UPS batteries, in two packs of > 9 each. I take the sled out when I mount a SmartUPS 3000 - that's about 43lbs of batteries, and about the same of the unit. For what you've got... I go over to the data center and borrow The Answer: a Blue Genie <http://vistamation.com/products/lifts/hand-winch-lift-trucks/> Let me tell you, you need to rack or unrack a blade enclosure, or a RAID box.... mark _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos