In the case of Exodus when I was working there, it was literally dictated to us by the fire marshal of the city of Santa Clara (and enough other cities where we had datacenters to make a universal policy the only sensible choice).
Owen > On Feb 18, 2021, at 1:07 AM, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On that note, I'd be very interested in hearing stories of actual incidents > that are the cause of why cardboard boxes are banned in many facilities, due > to loose particulate matter getting into the air and setting off very > sensitive fire detection systems. > > Or maybe it's more mundane and 99% of the reason is people unpack stuff and > don't always clean up properly after themselves. > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 6:21 PM Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com > <mailto:o...@delong.com>> wrote: > Stolen isn’t nearly as exciting as what happens when your (used) 6509 arrives > and > gets installed and operational before anyone realizes that the conductive > packing > peanuts that it was packed in have managed to work their way into various > midplane > connectors. Several hours later someone notices that the box is quite > literally > smoldering in the colo and the resulting combination of panic, fire drill, and > management antics that ensue. > > Owen > > > > On Feb 16, 2021, at 2:08 PM, Jared Mauch <ja...@puck.nether.net > > <mailto:ja...@puck.nether.net>> wrote: > > > > I was thinking about how we need a war stories nanog track. My favorite was > > being on call when the router was stolen. > > > > Sent from my TI-99/4a > > > >> On Feb 16, 2021, at 2:40 PM, John Kristoff <j...@dataplane.org > >> <mailto:j...@dataplane.org>> wrote: > >> > >> Friends, > >> > >> I'd like to start a thread about the most famous and widespread Internet > >> operational issues, outages or implementation incompatibilities you > >> have seen. > >> > >> Which examples would make up your top three? > >> > >> To get things started, I'd suggest the AS 7007 event is perhaps the > >> most notorious and likely to top many lists including mine. So if > >> that is one for you I'm asking for just two more. > >> > >> I'm particularly interested in this as the first step in developing a > >> future NANOG session. I'd be particularly interested in any issues > >> that also identify key individuals that might still be around and > >> interested in participating in a retrospective. I already have someone > >> that is willing to talk about AS 7007, which shouldn't be hard to guess > >> who. > >> > >> Thanks in advance for your suggestions, > >> > >> John >
