Honestly? A spreadsheet will do it. -M<
On 2/4/10, Justin M. Streiner <strei...@cluebyfour.org> wrote: > To those of you who currently operate large campus/metro fiber plants, > what are you currently using to track the usage of that plant? By that I > mean things such as: > * tracking the number of free/used/unusable strands in a cable > * tracking conduit utilization > * tying OTDR test results/power meter readings to strands > * trying as-built drawings to cable routes and plant assets like > manholes, junction boxes, transition splice points, duct banks, > utility poles, etc. > * mapping termination bays to cables > * tracking cross-connects and splice locations > * grouping cable segments and cross-connects together into a path/circuit > * utilization reports, etc. > > I've looked at one or two commercial packages, and might look at more as > time permits. I haven't seen much in the open-source world, and I suspect > that many places ended up rolling their own management apps to tie into > existing provisioning systems, etc. It's possible that I could end up > going that route as well. > > jms > > -- Martin Hannigan mar...@theicelandguy.com p: +16178216079 Power, Network, and Costs Consulting for Iceland Datacenters and Occupants
