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?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.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.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?