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

[Robert Hudson]

I'll echo the responses so far - even with "average" data centre operators,
once on the approved access list, I rock up with whatever I want, and
install it into the rack I'm paying for as I see fit.  If I need dock
access, I'll let them know in advance.

Otherwise, given you're paying for the space/power/HVAC already, what right
do they have to prevent you from installing kit into it?  You don't pay for
rack space for it to remain empty/unused, even if you're tied into a
long-term contract, I seriously doubt you'd have problems getting out of it.


On 24 March 2014 14:56, Jay Mitchell <jay at miscreant.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Just after a bit of info on what is usual when a customer wants to install
> new hardware in their existing racks.
>
> 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..).
>
> 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?
>
> Replies on or off list are fine.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jay
>
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