[olug] Community Colo Project

[Dan Clough]

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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