[olug] Community Colo Project

Thu Mar 26 23:40:54 UTC 2009

Will: What is going on in that building anyways, I've always wondered, I
heard theres some raised floor towards the center.

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Lane Roberts <roberts.lane at gmail.com>wrote:

> I went on a tour of Pinpoint's datacenter space in the Scott Technology
> Center for work a couple weeks ago and was pretty impressed. What we looked
> at was a Tier 2 space - no raised floor, a few windows, etc. but there was
> plenty of A/C and power. They've got fiber to both AT&T through Qwest and
> to
> Level 3 - one in Denver, one in Chicago. Not sure on the pricing - I wasn't
> part of that discussion.
>
> If we do get something going on this, I'd definitely want to take part -
> I'm
> a poor college student, so I can't contribute much in the way of hardware,
> but I've got time and energy.
>
> Lane
>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Charles.Bird <charles.bird at powerdnn.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Ya, I must admit, its a pretty big can of worms we are about to open :)
> >
> > heres the link to the Qwest CO in CB
> >
> >
> http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/MainSite/Listing/Profile/Profile.aspx?LID=14070225&StepID=101&ItemIndex=10&PgCxtDir=Down
> >
> > One or two racks in an office that is difficult to break into, has A/C
> and
> > cheap bandwidth and ample power is cool with me.
> >
> > Our office bulding on Ft Crook as two raised floors, but theres no fiber
> > installed there anymore, its the former Northrup Grumman building next to
> > Harris. There are some smaller air handlers and plenty of power though(no
> > gensets)
> > Pinpoint has fiber right out front, but we havnt asked for a quote or
> > anything.
> > Office space there is pretty cheap, our lab(with 3 racks) is 100 bucks
> per
> > month! :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Curtis LaMasters <
> > curtislamasters at gmail.com
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > Steep demands for a community colo.  Jay didn't offer that much and
> > > people were still happy with the service.  With that being said I
> > > wouldn't object to putting my gear in this:
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.loopnet.com/xnet/LoopLink/Profile/Profile.aspx?LL=true&STID=naiglobal&LID=15145832
> > > .
> > >
> > > Curtis LaMasters
> > > http://www.curtis-lamasters.com
> > > http://www.builtnetworks.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Dan Clough <dclough at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > 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 :)
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> 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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