RE: Console Servers

2018-09-18 Thread Sameer Khosla
My favorite are the lantronix SLC console servers. Fairly bullet-proof, they are one of those devices that just work. Can usually be picked up used ~$300 for 32 or 48 port varieties in good condition if you aren’t in the biggest hurry. Sk. From: NANOG On Behalf Of Alan Hannan Sent: Tuesday

RE: Ear protection

2015-09-24 Thread Sameer Khosla
For years we have used the Peltor/3M Bluetooth headsets in the datacenter. Proper hearing protection and noise cancelling mic, with the added bonus of protecting my head a bit when I am up on the ladder in the DC and can easily bang into potentially sharp things. http://goo.gl/ShTCEF They are

RE: Looking for information on IGP choices in dual-stack networks

2015-06-09 Thread Sameer Khosla
Think of scenarios where you have mergers/acquisitions where different portions of the now amalgamated network were designed differently and there may be too much pain or require too much time to redesign rather than bolt together and redistribute. Sk. -Original Message- that confuses

RE: Recommended 10GE ISCSI SAN switch

2015-05-13 Thread Sameer Khosla
If price is a major concern, take a look at the Force10 S2410. They tend to go for under $2k on ebay. Very basic L2 cut-through low-latency switch. Only drawback is your choice is XFP or CX4 for ports, but if you have server nics with CX4 then you are off the races for very little money. Wha

RE: Thousands of hosts on a gigabit LAN, maybe not

2015-05-08 Thread Sameer Khosla
You may want to look at CLOS / leaf/spine architecture. This design tends to be optimized for east-west traffic, scales easily as bandwidth needs grow, and keeps thing simple, l2/l3 boundry on the ToR switch, L3 ECMP from leaf to spine. Not a lot of complexity and scale fairly high on both lea

Cisco/Level3 takedown

2015-04-09 Thread Sameer Khosla
ng that if they want to do, they should be working with entire service provider community, not just one provider. Thanks Sameer Khosla Managing Director Neutral Data Centers Corp. Twitter: @skhoslaTO

RE: Incident notification

2014-11-21 Thread Sameer Khosla
I know of a firend that is using Growl / Prowl to push out the notifications to their phones, even to their TV's at home. Sk. -Original Message- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Thijs Stuurman Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 10:52 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject:

RE: Canadian Hosting Providers - how do you handle copyright and trademark complaints

2013-06-05 Thread Sameer Khosla
My personal favorite is the number of notices that we receive as DMCA takedown notices, citing the specific laws. Most of the notices come from people who are unable to comprehend that US Laws don't apply outside of the US. Sk. -Original Message- From: J [mailto:na...@namor.ca] Subj

RE: Postini Exiting ISP Business?

2013-01-08 Thread Sameer Khosla
We use mailfoundry internally ourselves, but I have a customer who has been raving about mimecast for years and I am on the verge of switching over to them. Thanks Sameer -Original Message- From: Erik Soosalu [mailto:erik.soos...@calyxinc.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 9:27 AM To

RE: Bandwidth Growth

2011-04-21 Thread Sameer Khosla
-Original Message- From: Curran, David [mailto:david.cur...@windstream.com] > The LINX, TORIX, and SIX graphs provided earlier, for example, seem > relatively flat until the Nov. timeframe at which point they seem to seek > a new higher "normal". Could just be my lack of sleep and my b

RE: Significant Announcement (re: IPv4) 3 February - Watch it Live!

2011-02-03 Thread Sameer Khosla
Anyone else getting Error establishing a database connection trying to bring this up? Thanks Sameer -Original Message- From: John Curran [mailto:jcur...@arin.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 8:24 AM To: nanog@nanog.org list Subject: Significant Announcement (re: IPv4) 3 February - W

RE: Telephones for Noisy Data Centers

2009-06-18 Thread Sameer Khosla
it. http://www.peltor.se/int/Product.asp?PageNumber=144&ProductCategory_Id=9 &Product_Id=25 Thanks Sameer Khosla Managing Director Neutral Data Centers Corp. 416 682 3434 x5002 (w) 416 682 3435 (f) -Original Message- From: Michael J McCafferty [mailto:m...@m5computersecurity.co