[olug] Computer Room Fire Suppression

[Bill Brush]

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Hurley, Rod <RHurley at tenaska.com> wrote:
> Case made below.


You're looking at it wrong.

Public sector operates differently than the private sector.  For a
private sector entity, allocating money as an insurance policy make
sense because a disaster is an existential threat.  For public sector
entities there is no such thing as a disaster caused existential
threat, so why commit current money to an insurance policy that's not
needed?  Looking at LPS, it doesn't matter how bad the disaster is,
they're going to get money to rebuild and the new facilities will be
better than the old facilities.  A large scale disaster will actually
turn out to be a good thing in the end for a public entity because
their processes will be updated, their systems upgraded, and no one
will personally feel any pain because of it.  The management might get
a raise for helping guide the department through the difficult time,
no one will be fired, and everyone gets new computers and chairs.

For a private business, a large scale disaster will lead to pretty
much the exact opposite.  People will be laid off, the bare minimum
replacement hardware will be acquired, and whatever facilities can be
obtained for a small fee will be used.

Bill