[olug] Community Colo Project

Thu Mar 26 19:38:04 UTC 2009

Physical Infrastructure
At the CO, the poured concrete building is basiclly in two sections. There
is the CO side(no windows, no offices) then there is the office side. Office
side is concrete as well, however, there are acrylic windows. on the south
side.

On the west side of the building, near the top, there is a couple of areas
where they have heat exchangers, one compartment appears to be open, I dont
know if they would allow us nerds to get our own liebert HE in there or not
:) heheh

Doors are push button combo, they appear to be "fire resistant", maybe burn
through in an hour or so.
Loading dock in the rear, and two elevator sharfts, on is services/cargo,
the other is for people. I know they have a genset there, a decent sized
one, but concerning gensets and A/C, I dont think they would let any of us
ride on their equipment due to the black art of regulatory compliance and
all the stuff that lawyers conjured up from their infinite conciousness.

thats all I know, I dont know about diverse enterances of power/fiber at
that location

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Dan Clough <dclough at gmail.com> wrote:

> The small office sounds like a cozy little place to do it, and the
> 24/7 access would be a definite plus.  What's the physical
> infrastructure like at the CO?
>
> The Sixth-gen Ciscos would work perfectly for this application.  I'm
> not so concerned with the extra U needed, the only real concerns I
> have is their IPv6 readiness and our expandability regarding BGP.
> That's easily taken care of as long as it's got plenty of memory for
> the tables and it has Advanced IP Services for IPv6 compatability.
>
> In the event that we can't get native IPv6 from the upstream,
> Hurricane Electric's IPv6 tunnel is the next best bet and we can
> configure it directly on the router.
>
> Phil's idea of the utility server is a wonderful idea.  Having a
> centralized MRTG/Cacti/console box would make the administration a
> breeze and we could further lock down the router and switch by
> disabling telnet/SSH.
>
> > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Charles.Bird <charles.bird at powerdnn.com>
> wrote:
> >> I have no clue who is in the Qwest Kanesville CO.
> >> I know some of the OC there goes to Farnam where Cogent is supposed to
> have
> >> their POP.
> >> ATT has some fiber within a city block of Kanesville as well, dont know
> >> where it goes, INS may have their fiber there too, if INS is in
> Kanesville
> >> then I bet they could backhaul for pretty cheap from Farnam. Pinpoint
> >> backhauls for a reasonable price to some places as well, including
> Cosentry.
> >>
> >> At the Carrier Hotel, the best deal on bandwidth of course would be
> Cogent,
> >> 360, and the other usual carriers. I might be able to get a good deal
> with
> >> ATT and 360Networks but not as good as what Cogent would be willing to
> do.
> >> :)
> >>
> >> Where ever it happens, i am thinking that it would be a good thing to
> have a
> >> community colo project.
> >> If we could get 50USD per U, or so on a shared 20/20 with an optional
> >> dedicated line available for extra, that would be very cool.
> >> Lowest the company I work for would ever go is about 80-90 USD per U
> with
> >> shared 10Mb.
> >>
> >> Please, lets keep this rolling along!
> >>
> >> Charles
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Dan Clough <dclough at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Which providers are jacked in at the CB office?  If Cogent or PinPoint
> >>> has lit fiber out there I could get in touch with my Cogent rep and
> >>> see how well they can limbo on a 20Mbps commit.
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:27 PM,  <charles.bird at powerdnn.com> wrote:
> >>> > I like the idea, I've always wanted to do something like that. I
> thought
> >>> > about registering the name "ghettodatacenter.com" or something and
> leasing a
> >>> > small office at the kanesville CO in CB, no loopback charges and
> plenty of
> >>> > bandwidth for a couple racks. Just basic airconditioning and a few
> 20-30A
> >>> > circuits.
> >>> >
> >>> > 24/7 access too :)
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > -----Original Message-----
> >>> > From: Dan Clough <dclough at gmail.com>
> >>> >
> >>> > Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:11:13
> >>> > To: Omaha Linux User Group<olug at olug.org>
> >>> > Subject: [olug] Community Colo Project
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > Over the last week ideas have been bounced around regarding the
> >>> > possibility of a community colocation project.  This sounds like a
> >>> > wonderful idea to me considering Omaha's lack of small-fish colo
> >>> > places and the general abundance of bandwidth, and I'd like to know
> >>> > what OLUG thinks about contributing to such an operation.
> >>> >
> >>> > Ever since Jay closed up shop I've been looking for a good place to
> >>> > put my servers, with my main concerns being static IP addressing and
> >>> > no port restrictions (I'm looking at you, Cox).  A community colo
> >>> > would free up some room in our basements and maybe even prove the
> >>> > viability of colocating in Omaha.
> >>> >
> >>> > Finances are of course the most limiting factor, so keeping it cheap
> >>> > and simple is the key to success.  I think one rack, 10 or 20Mbps and
> >>> > a /26 or /27 block of IPv4 addresses would be more than enough to
> >>> > start out with.  What do you guys think about such a venture?
> >>> >
> >>> > Dan
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