Particularly of interest would be "established standards" for "Class A Datacenter" specifically relating to the physical plant -- Power, cooling, physical security, etc. I think we can all agree in general on N+1 everything, and we can go round and round again on what exactly constitutes "Tier-1 provider," but what about the physical space itself? I can put a fully-redundant network with multiple "Tier-1" connections in my garage but I still wouldn't consider my garage to then be a "Class A Datacenter." Andrew -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Bob German Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 3:59 PM To: 'Jay Hennigan' Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: RE: "Class A Data Center" This is the assumption I have come to as well. Are there any established standards for enterprise datacenters at all, aside from the obvious, N+1 redundant everything, diverse paths, etc.? On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 12:08:43 EDT, Bob German <bobgerman@irides.com> said:
Can anyone point me to a set of standards that define a "Class A Data Center?" I'm not asking for requirements, but an actual pointer to standards hammered out by an organization or governing body.
"must have connectivity from a Tier-1 provider"? :)