[62526] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: "Class A Data Center"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob German)
Thu Sep 18 16:02:32 2003
From: "Bob German" <bobgerman@irides.com>
To: "'Jay Hennigan'" <jay@west.net>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 15:58:31 -0400
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.51.0309181213070.31318@htf.fo.jrfg.arg>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
This is the assumption I have come to as well. Are there any
established standards for enterprise datacenters at all, aside from the
obvious, N+1 redundant everything, diverse paths, etc.?
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 12:08:43 EDT, Bob German <bobgerman@irides.com>
> said:
>
> > Can anyone point me to a set of standards that define a "Class A
> > Data Center?" I'm not asking for requirements, but an actual
> > pointer to standards hammered out by an organization or governing
> > body.
>
> "must have connectivity from a Tier-1 provider"? :)
Both "We have a Class A Data Center" and "We are a Tier-1 provider"
translate to "I am a salesperson."
HTH. HAND.
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