[132782] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cage nuts/rack hw near SAVVIS DC3 (Sterling VA)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brielle Bruns)
Wed Dec 1 11:58:14 2010
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:57:43 -0700
From: Brielle Bruns <bruns@2mbit.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <20101201164329.GE7959@hiwaay.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 12/1/10 9:43 AM, Chris Adams wrote:
> A plain (non-drink) machine draws a few watts. I don't think rack
> screws and patch cables need to be refrigerated; if they can't spare a
> few watts for a vending machine, then you probably can't install
> anything new there anyway.
Its def not a bad idea, and if you really wanted to, not like it would
be hard to put nuts, screws, etc in a can, put a piece of electrical
tape over the top, and completely repurpose an existing soda machine or
even use one or two spaces in a machine already in the lobby or NOC. It
may not look pretty, but its actually a great way to recycle and do
something creative.
Or, you could do what our co-loc does, have a large coffee can with
screws, nuts, etc and a few shared screwdrivers in another. On your way
in, grab the nuts/screws and a screwdriver, on your way out put unused
and extras back in the can.
Little things like that if people cooperate can be an excellent bullet
point on why to be in a specific facility.
--
Brielle Bruns
The Summit Open Source Development Group
http://www.sosdg.org / http://www.ahbl.org
