Re: [nanog] Re: Building a NOC

["S.T.Balbach" <stephen () clark net>]

Correct. There are people who build NOC's for a living. You dont want to
know all the details of generators, floors, AC, power loads, BTU's, heat
exhaust, etc.. all of which has to be negotiated according to local county
and state rules and regs, building owner regs -- its a massive undertaking
to do it right, there are people who do soley this and are good at it.

        Stb

On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Luke Parrish wrote:

> Or you could bypass all that, fork over a little money and hire a
> consultant that has done it many times, to come in and tell ya exactly how
> to do everything. Then you will not have to learn the hard-way of trial and
> error. Since we are talking about a 75,000 node network, I don't think too
> many errors would be looked very highly upon...
>
> Luke
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> At 02:51 PM 3/16/98 -0500, Charles Sprickman wrote:
> > I think I'd disagree with that.  Where would all you folks be if you never
> > picked up a book?  You wouldn't be reading this list.  Seriously, while
> > there's not an ORA "How to Build a NOC" book with some cute animal on the
> > cover, there is some information out there worth reading.
> >
> > I'd suggest digging through some telco info (if you'd like to consider a
> > CO a NOC).  Also, there should be plenty of people on this list that
> > work in or have even designed decent sized NOCs.  You can also cheat and
> > go browsing as a prospective customer at someplace like Exodus or any
> > other colo facility that is well-managed and modern.  You can actually
> > learn quite a bit by just looking around...
> >
> > Hopefully some of the startup NSPs will answer here, as the experience
> > should still be fresh in their minds...
> >
> > Charles
> >
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> > On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Martin Hannigan wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 14:14:47 -0500 (EST)
> > > From: Martin Hannigan <hannigan () xcom net>
> > > To: John_W_Connors () res raytheon com
> > > Cc: nanog () merit edu
> > > Subject: Re: Building a NOC
> > >
> > > > Would anyone have information or knowledge of books, WWW Sites, or other
> > > > means that would provide details on constructing a state of the art
> NOC to
> > > > support 75000+ nodes in a LAN/MAN/WAN environment
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance
> > > > JC
> > >
> > > No books, it's all experience. 
> > >
> > >
> > > Martin Hannigan                    V:617.500.0108
> > > Director - Data Networks           F:617.500.0002
> > > XCOM Technologies, INC.            hannigan () xcom net
> > > Cambridge, MA                      http://www.xcom.net
>
>
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