[AusNOG] Process for installing new kit in existing racks in .au data centres?

[Joshua D'Alton]

Why do you need approval? Is it for the access, or the increase in power
usage, or they plain just being annoying?


On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Dylan Chidgey <
dylan.chidgey at cirruscomms.com.au> wrote:

> We  have racks in each of those DCs, we arrange loading dock access, take
> the kit to our rack, install & leave.
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> Really very simple compared to your unfortunate situation!
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> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *Jay
> Mitchell
> *Sent:* Monday, 24 March 2014 2:56 PM
> *To:* ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> *Subject:* [AusNOG] Process for installing new kit in existing racks in
> .au data centres?
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> Hi all,
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> Just after a bit of info on what is usual when a customer wants to install
> new hardware in their existing racks.
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> We have a not insignificant number of rack with a carrier, who shall
> remain unnamed. Quite a few are sparsely populated (a few totally empty),
> yet we're having a ridiculously hard time getting approval to install a
> fairly insignificant amount of new kit into our existing racks. It's been
> about a week so far this time (this isn't the first time..).
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> Is this usual? I've been stuck in the same DCs for the last 8 years or so,
> so my knowledge of current practices in other DC's is limited. What goes
> in Equinix, Globalswitch, NextDC?
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> Replies on or off list are fine.
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> Kind regards,
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> Jay
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