Author: Noel Davis, Subject specialist (Infrastructure programme) Should any scheduled power outages occur over the winter, they will have the potential to interrupt normal business operations to varying degrees. Current predictions are that these will be limited to evenings and not occur during core business hours. Ensuring staff can work as expected will reduce the […]
Month: November 2022
Author: Noel Davis, Subject specialist (Infrastructure programme) With the increasing prospect of power interruption over the coming months, it is essential that Jisc members have confidence in their disaster recovery (DR) plan, which should deal with such eventualities. Power recycling on IT equipment is usually managed by the IT team. It is usual for core […]
Pressure on energy supplies and centralised planning to manage energy consumption have been well documented in the media. It is likely that any energy rationing will be experienced as either a: ‘Blackout’, scheduled or unscheduled total loss of grid provided energy, most likely electricity, for a period. There is also the threat of ‘Brownout’, a […]