Systems and methods that enable the optimal creation of a storage object within a virtual storage system are disclosed. At the top of these geomesh layers drip irrigation nozzles are arranged, supplied by a water recirculation pipe, and excess water is collected in a channel, which is then filtered, analysed, supplemented with fertilizer and acids, all under computer control. The packet processing engine applies a surge protection policy to received pending requests responsive to the determined estimated number of total pending requests. In the case of an inoperativeness of the one one-time switch, the at least one other one-time switch is used for disconnecting the energy source from the load and for connecting the energy source to the load. Range is determined from this time delay.