I think I'd disagree with that. Where would all you folks be if you never picked up a book? You wouldn't be reading this list. Seriously, while there's not an ORA "How to Build a NOC" book with some cute animal on the cover, there is some information out there worth reading. I'd suggest digging through some telco info (if you'd like to consider a CO a NOC). Also, there should be plenty of people on this list that work in or have even designed decent sized NOCs. You can also cheat and go browsing as a prospective customer at someplace like Exodus or any other colo facility that is well-managed and modern. You can actually learn quite a bit by just looking around... Hopefully some of the startup NSPs will answer here, as the experience should still be fresh in their minds... Charles ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ Charles Sprickman Internet Channel INCH System Administration Team (212)243-5200 spork@inch.com access@inch.com On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Martin Hannigan wrote:
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 14:14:47 -0500 (EST) From: Martin Hannigan <hannigan@xcom.net> To: John_W_Connors@res.raytheon.com Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Building a NOC
Would anyone have information or knowledge of books, WWW Sites, or other means that would provide details on constructing a state of the art NOC to support 75000+ nodes in a LAN/MAN/WAN environment
Thanks in advance JC
No books, it's all experience.
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