[27938] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Arlington and Fort Worth, Texas
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Henry R. Linneweh)
Thu Mar 30 17:05:06 2000
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Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 14:02:23 -0800
From: "Henry R. Linneweh" <linneweh@concentric.net>
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This is disturbing, I think that people, environment and property are
the crux of importance in the order stated.
Above the 3rd floor is a risk to human life and therefore
unacceptable, being A First Responder Operational (FRO)
I can clearly see this as a serious risk, technical details of
burning acid fumes omitted.
Sean Donelan wrote:
> On Thu, 30 March 2000, "Stephen Sprunk" wrote:
> > Maybe this is a facet of natural disasters rarely afflicting downtown areas
> > around here...
>
> Maybe an occasional cattle stampede through downtown Dallas ...
>
> > I've noticed that every telco colo facility I've been in around downtown
> > Dallas has the same design... All are in high-rise facilities, on the
> > 10th-30th floors. All have the battery and A/C rooms around the elevator
> > shafts at the center of the floor plan, surrounded by all the equipment
> > racks/cages around the outside facing the windows.
>
> Gravity is a tough law to break. Batteries and mechanical equipment are
> heavy, and must go where the floor is strongest. Which tends to be the
> core of the building. As always consult a licensed structural engineer.
>
> Protecting against an airplane crashing into the side of the building is
> hard (although the Empire State building survived). Pick your risks and
> mitigate those within commercial reason. Lloyds of London exists for the
> rest. Sometimes the best commercial solution is putting your equipment
> around the outside. You loose one rack of routers to wayward tree, a few
> customers are down. Loose your electrical plant, and everyone is S.O.L.
> Triage is never a pleasant experience.
>
> Another note about battery rooms in high-rise buildings. There is/was a
> proposal before the NFPA to prohibit battery rooms above the third floor
> in high-rise structures after the L.A. CO fire. I haven't been keeping
> close watch on it, but Bellcore/Telcordia was fighting it tooth&nail.
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Thank you;
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Henry R. Linneweh
