[Asterisk-biz] Legal Requirement for Digital PBX

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Andrew M Stemen wrote:

>... how does putting a UPS on a PBX indicate that you must "run power to
>every PC and every desk phone in the whole building"?
>
>At my last office, we had our entire network infrastructure (servers,
>switches, etc.) on redundant UPSes, and there was a generator that would
>kick on if the power would fail as well, so we were well covered. That
>said, we didn't have UPSes anywhere except for our networking closets.
>The only things related to the PBX that we had connected to UPS was the
>server, and the switches... of course, we had switches that inserted
>power over ethernet, so we didn't have to worry about powering phones
>locally, they got their power from the 'network'.
>
>This was a government organization, and a public facility, so we
>couldn't really do any less.
>
>Andrew M Stemen
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>Dean Collins wrote:
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>>You're kidding right? How often does the power go down at your office?
>>When it happens here we go home/out to lunch/break out the cards.
>>
>>The servers are backed up for automated shutdown etc but I'm not going
>>to run power to every pc and every desk phone in the whole building for
>>the 15-30 mins a year.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Dean
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>>>Sent: Thursday, 23 June 2005 11:10 AM
>>>To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
>>>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Legal Requirement for Digital PBX
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>>>On Thursday 23 June 2005 09:39, Roland Welker wrote:
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>>>>Hello,
>>>>
>>>>Does anyone now, if there are any legal requirements for setups of
>>>>Digital (i.e. Linux/Asterisk) based PBXs in the UK? I am especially
>>>>interested, if a system does need to hang on a UPS?
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>>>>
>>>Is that not a redundant question, no pun intended?
>>>
>>>How could you not put a UPS on something so vital to a company?
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It just makes good sense to put a single line jack at the reception desk 
and keep a small analog phone in the draw. When the power goes out 
someone can just plug in the phone and make calls. Simple,safe and 
inexpensive. As for the networks, you only have to keep the servers up 
and running
statistically, 80% of power-outs in the US and Canada are less than 20 
minutes so just count up the number of watts for each server and do the 
maths. You should be able make arrangements to shut down servers within 
20 minutes for any long term power-outs.
Hope this helps ...
Henry