[162820] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Data Center Installations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Greco)
Thu May 2 07:21:53 2013
From: Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>
To: wbailey@satelliteintelligencegroup.com
Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 06:21:26 -0500 (CDT)
In-Reply-To: <d48wu9sabq0oillygcin4sus.1367476278524@email.android.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> I thought maybe there was a secret place to get cool data center layer 1 st=
> uff..
Yeah, it's called "inventory" ... ;-) Seriously, there's a reason why
it is common to maintain shelving in the data center, and/or storage
lockers nearby. The stuff you use and find usable isn't the same stuff
that I use and find usable, and while I don't know about you, I'm too
cheap to pay top dollar for JIT style acquisition of the stuff I need,
even assuming that there was someplace local that sold it. Easier to
have it on-site.
As for acquiring the stuff in the first place? Yeah, no good single
source. We have a drawerful of current catalogs for various vendors,
such as:
ADI - low voltage distributors, often good pricing on bulk cable and
UPS batteries
C&H Distributors - General industrial equipment, workbenches,
shelving, storage bins, etc.
CablesToGo - KVM cables, PC and network cabling, power cords, etc
DigiKey - Mostly electronics parts and connectors
PI Manufacturing - All sorts of various inexpensive bits and pieces
for networks and PC's, cables, adapters, etc.
StayOnline - More obscure stuff for the data center, such as C13-to-C14
power Y's
to mention some of the less-obvious ones, But these days there's a huge
amount of purchasing that goes on entirely through online catalogs etc.
... JG
--
Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
"We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I
won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN)
With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.
