[olug] Community Colo Project

[Dan Clough]

Ah, that's what I wondered.  That brings up the issue of the room
layout itself, then.  I would imagine the cost of outfitting the
office space with the necessary NCPI (buzzword alert) would be
prohibitive for a community colo, unless we could find a cheap source
for equipment, a fiscal sponsor who could fork over the dough, or
both.

Does CoSentry have office space?  I've been in their conference room
and their hot-seat area but the sales drone never mentioned any office
space.

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Charles.Bird <charles.bird at powerdnn.com> wrote:
> its not in the actual CO, this place is across the hallway :)
>
>
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> 2009/3/26 Dave Weis <djweis at internetsolver.com>
>
>>
>> Do you mean collocating in a Qwest CO? They are extremely picky about what
>> you have in the rack. First problem would be lack of AC power, second would
>> be 15" depth restriction.
>>
>> It does cut down on the loop costs substantially though :-)
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Dan Clough 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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