Re: NANOGers home data centers - What's in your closet?

2011-08-13 Thread Robert Boyle
At 07:28 PM 8/12/2011, you wrote: I'm curious what other NANOGers have in their home compute centers? On the extreme end of course we have mr morris :) with his uber lab: http://smorris.uber-geek.net/lab.htm I have a 60KVA Kohler diesel genset (with DM550 controller and electronic governor)

Japan electrical power?

2011-05-11 Thread Robert Boyle
Hello, This is sort of off-topic, but no where near as much as half of the topics on NANOG. It is relevant to netops for anyone who has a presence in Japan. Does anyone on NANOG have firsthand in-depth knowledge of the electrical system in Japan? I know voltage varies from town to town and

Re: rj21/centronics cable mounting

2010-01-07 Thread Robert Boyle
At 10:05 AM 1/7/2010, you wrote: I'm searching something, to secure mount/connect a rj21 cable to a device. I have a angled plug like this: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RJ21-female-connector.jpg It can only be screwed to the device at the top side, and is loose at the down side.

Re: Revisiting the Aviation Safety vs. Networking discussion

2009-12-28 Thread Robert Boyle
At 03:38 PM 12/28/2009, Owen DeLong wrote: There are lessons to be learned that are valuable. Both from things aviation has done well that we could emulate, and, from things aviation has done poorly that we should avoid. There are also additional lessons to be learned about the differences in

Re: Revisiting the Aviation Safety vs. Networking discussion

2009-12-26 Thread Robert Boyle
At 02:08 AM 12/25/2009, Scott Howard wrote: On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 6:27 PM, George Bonser gbon...@seven.com wrote: So you can put a lot of process around changes in advance but there isn't quite as much to manage incidents that strike out of the clear blue. Too much process at that point

Re: Human Factors and Accident reduction/mitigation

2009-11-05 Thread Robert Boyle
At 09:20 AM 11/5/2009, Owen DeLong wrote: Regarding Reliability and Availability: We could learn a lot about this from Aviation. Owen, I think if we conducted a poll, a disproportionate percentage of NANOG folks are likely also pilots (compared to the general population anyway) I agree

Re: ISP/VPN's to China?

2009-10-21 Thread Robert Boyle
At 02:16 PM 10/21/2009, Fred Baker wrote: I travel to China at least once a year, often several times. I generally visit major cities like Shanghai and Beijing, but have been to a number of other cities. I generally use Cisco VPN (an IPsec VPN) to Cisco DMZs in Tokyo or Hong Kong for business

RE: 10GE CWDM

2008-09-01 Thread Robert Boyle
At 12:03 AM 8/31/2008, you wrote: Currently it is my understanding the 10 Gbps signals are carried on 4 x 2.5 Gbps signals that are compatible with existing CWDM and DWDM equipment. There are 40 Gbps DWDM systems and 10 Gbps lasers on 100 Gbps and greater capacity systems. I agree with Alex's

Re: Best utilizing fat long pipes and large file transfer

2008-06-12 Thread Robert Boyle
At 06:37 PM 6/12/2008, you wrote: I'm looking for input on the best practices for sending large files over a long fat pipe between facilities (gigabit private circuit, ~20ms RTT). I'd like to avoid modifying TCP windows and options on end hosts where possible (I have a lot of them). I've seen

Re: 24x7 Support Strategies (DC Cooling)

2007-06-14 Thread Robert Boyle
At 10:33 AM 6/14/2007, you wrote: Didn't we discuss the need for standard water connectors not so long ago? Water over Ethernet? The new Liebert GX high density cooling gear is pretty slick. It uses a liquid which turns to a gas if the line is breached. It provides the advantages of liquid