4 miles is essentially around the corner. I am curious as to the
"hard facts" you are looking for? It is a business decision. And the
new center will be subject to potential disasters as well. It is best
to be geographically diverse. The second center I think should be in
another part of the country. It was stated to put it in a rural,
depressed area. That is fine, as long as there is sufficient
infrastructure. Where does the power come from? Wholesaler and last
mile. Comm facilities. Vendor coverage for computing gear and HVAC
and UPS gear. It is not a quick, "hey whaddya think" question. It is
alot of work. But by ANY measure, 4 miles is insane.
Doug
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Lizette Koehler
>As long as each is 10 miles NE/SW from each other.......
Now, did I include Vector Analysis in this question?
My issue with this problem is the "it depends" clause. I know that
there are hardware, telecom, power, etc... considerations.
However, if I am trying to pursuade management that our current
configuration of 4 miles is badness. How or what can I use to show
that a larger distance is better. That is why I was looking for papers
or some other documentation. A regional outage, be it hurricans,
flooding, earthquakes, tornados, or structure collapses are all part of
my equation to start with. Management is not concerned about those.
Just the "why go farther?" question.
But I cannot convince management to go 10, 20, 50 miles, just because it
feels "right". They want hard facts.
Any other concepts.
(And I do appreciate all the thoughts so far. But I need something a
little more concrete.)
Lsnip
Doug Fuerst
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BK Associates
Brooklyn, NY
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