[62528] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: "Class A Data Center"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (andrew2@one.net)
Thu Sep 18 16:20:26 2003
From: <andrew2@one.net>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 16:19:21 -0400
In-Reply-To: <009d01c37e1f$3c3c8130$6500a8c0@LittleKahuna>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Particularly of interest would be "established standards" for "Class A
Datacenter" specifically relating to the physical plant -- Power,
cooling, physical security, etc. I think we can all agree in general on
N+1 everything, and we can go round and round again on what exactly
constitutes "Tier-1 provider," but what about the physical space itself?
I can put a fully-redundant network with multiple "Tier-1" connections
in my garage but I still wouldn't consider my garage to then be a "Class
A Datacenter."
Andrew
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of
Bob German
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 3:59 PM
To: 'Jay Hennigan'
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Subject: RE: "Class A Data Center"
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"? :)
