>>>Unfortunately, a UPS is not always an available option. We have data logging applications that write 3-5 rows per second for approximately 1 Gigabyte of data in environments where UPS's are explicitly forbidden (plant safety rules in the petro-chemical industry.)
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>>Interesting. What is the rationale behind banning UPSs?
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>Safety. When they cut power to the site because of a gas leak, they don't want the UPS or the equipment plugged into it to cause an explosion.
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>Here is a customer with the requirement:
http://www.hibernia.ca/index.htmlAh, I see. I understand those offshore boys are
very paranoid about fire; they can't get away from one.
Sounds like they would best be served by a transaction log-based DBMS and/or one that is specifically designed to tolerate hardware failure (real or "simulated" < g >)
Regards. Al
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