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

[Tim March]

+1

I've never really had a facility provider take much interest in what
was or was not in particular cabinets. If you wanted to install a
whole row of Sun M9000's or stack 4 x blade enclosures per cabinet
that might be an issue. In general day-to-day facility operation they
generally don't get involved unless you're going to have a significant
impact on power, cooling or floor load.

If they're posing an unjustified impediment to your project for whatever
reason then that's a vendor management issue you should probably take
up with your AM...




T.

On 24/03/14 4:17 PM, Robert Hudson wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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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