[31574] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: availability and resiliency
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leo Nelson)
Fri Sep 29 13:12:54 2000
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From: Leo Nelson <lnelson@axient.com>
To: "'nop@alt.net'" <nop@alt.net>, Andrew Bangs <andrewb@demon.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 10:08:03 -0700
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Pardon my ignorance, but what the heck does a "9" refer too? Is it a UPS,
rack, floor space, circuit...
Thanks in advance
-leo
-----Original Message-----
From: Lionel Lauer [mailto:longword@newsguy.com]
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 10:54 AM
To: Andrew Bangs
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Subject: Re: availability and resiliency
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000 17:39:04 +0100, Andrew Bangs <andrewb@demon.net>
wrote:
>
>On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 02:39:40PM -0600, Irwin Lazar wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> Does anyone know if a template exists for what it takes to provide 5 9's
of
>> availability, 4 9's etc.for Internet data centers? Specifically I'm
looking
>> for something that would say "if you want 5 9's of availability, here's
what
>> you need to do", and so on.
>
>For 5 9s you need:
>
>1) Lots of money
>2) Lots of clue
>3) Lots of luck
>4) Lots of balls
>
>You can do 4 9s with any 3 of the above.
Too true.
But you forgot to include 'halfway-clued management' - without that you
haven't got a hope in hell of even getting three 9's. ;)
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Pardon my ignorance, but what the heck does a =
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Thanks in advance</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>-leo</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Lionel Lauer [<A =
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 10:54 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: Andrew Bangs</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Cc: nanog@merit.edu</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: Re: availability and resiliency</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>On Fri, 29 Sep 2000 17:39:04 +0100, Andrew Bangs =
<andrewb@demon.net></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>wrote:</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>>On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 02:39:40PM -0600, Irwin =
Lazar wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>>> Hi all,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>>> Does anyone know if a template exists for =
what it takes to provide 5 9's of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>>> availability, 4 9's etc.for Internet data =
centers? Specifically I'm looking</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>>> for something that would say "if you =
want 5 9's of availability, here's what</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>>> you need to do", and so on.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>>For 5 9s you need:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>>1) Lots of money</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>>2) Lots of clue</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>>3) Lots of luck</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>>4) Lots of balls</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>>You can do 4 9s with any 3 of the above.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Too true.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>But you forgot to include 'halfway-clued management' =
- without that you</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>haven't got a hope in hell of even getting three =
9's. ;)</FONT>
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