OVH CEO Octave Klaba speaking about the incident [video]
Are there industry options or methods of wiring to allow for a UPS room separate from the actual rooms the racks are stored in?<p>It's almost tradition to have a rack with UPS's in the bottom and then the rest of the space filled with servers or drive arrays.<p>We wouldn't ever think of putting a tiny backup generator in the bottom of every rack, so why do we put a battery storage system there? Also, with the advances in battery chemistry technology that improve reliability and density, it's only a matter of time until Lithium chemistry batteries are available and that also increases the risk of fire.<p>Is there any reason not to move backup power to another room, or even to a separate structure like how they put backup generators on a pad outside of the building?