This is starting to sound like a personal attack on GBIS now. Is this the case?
Scott Underwood On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 13:28, Robinson, Eric R. wrote: > > As for GBIS, I've never priced their colo, but open rack space is not > > inherently a problem. > > It's only a problem if you want a little extra peace of mind... > > Two colo customers, Vern and Gomer, are trying to do some work on their > server: > > Vern: Hey, which'a these here cat 5 cables goes to our server? > Gomer: Whadda I look like, a cable map? Trace it out. > Vern: (Grumbling) It's a guldurn rat's nest. > > (2 minutes later...) > > Vern: Okay, I think it's thissun here. (Unplugs the cable.) > Gomer: Hmmm, that's funny, I'm still pinging our server... > Vern: Sheeeit! I unplugged the wrong guldurn cable! > Gomer: Stick it back in afore the po-lice get here! > > (A moment later.) > > Vern: Whew. > Gomer: Yeah, whew. > > (A beat) > > Gomer: So which one is OURS? > Vern: Whadda I look like, a cable map...? > > > I'd be more concerned about cooling and > > power unless you have high-security data on your systems, > > in which case you should be buying a locked cage > > or cabinet anyway, and probably doing a whole host of > > truly paranoid things to detect logical, physical, and > > electromagnetic attack vectors. > > Most people are looking for some kind of reasonable balance (read: not too > expensive), somewhere in the middle, with open rats' nests at one end of the > scale and electromagnetic tamper detection at the other. > > --Eric > _______________________________________________ > RLUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
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