Bluetooth-to-Serial (was: Re: Colo Vending Machine)

2012-02-20 Thread Joel M Snyder
+1 on the suggestion for a SpiderDuo as portable KVM+your own laptop. Solves the problem and leverages the hardware you already have. Works great! Anyway: Bluetooth-to-Serial has been around for years; I did a review of several of them a while ago, even connecting with a Nokia phone (this wa

Re: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-19 Thread Mike Lyon
My rsync appeared to be running at 20+ Mbps to S3 last night... Sent from my iPhone On Feb 19, 2012, at 21:41, Anurag Bhatia wrote: > Nice idea of future! :) > > > Btw as side question - I heard transfer rates from S3 are capped badly. > Something like 5-10Mbps. Is that true? Anyone of you ever

Re: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-19 Thread Anurag Bhatia
Nice idea of future! :) Btw as side question - I heard transfer rates from S3 are capped badly. Something like 5-10Mbps. Is that true? Anyone of you ever came across such cap? On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Jimmy Hess wrote: > On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Astrodog wrote: > > This gives

Re: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-19 Thread Jimmy Hess
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Astrodog wrote: > This gives me an idea. The vending machine could also sell hosting. > Sometimes, the box just won't come back to life and you need somewhere > to stuff the data. *grin* How about a vending machine, where you insert a hard drive, swipe your card,

Re: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-19 Thread Astrodog
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 11:21 AM, John Curran wrote: > On Feb 18, 2012, at 1:55 PM, Astrodog wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Gary Buhrmaster >> wrote: >>> On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 01:02, George Herbert >>> wrote: >>> > Will IANA accept netblock transfers as an exchange medium

Re: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-19 Thread John Curran
On Feb 18, 2012, at 1:55 PM, Astrodog wrote: > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Gary Buhrmaster > wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 01:02, George Herbert >> wrote: >> Will IANA accept netblock transfers as an exchange medium for datacenter goodies vending machine payments? ... ;-

Re: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-18 Thread Astrodog
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote: > On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 01:02, George Herbert > wrote: > >>> Will IANA accept netblock transfers as an exchange medium for >>> datacenter goodies vending machine payments? ...  ;-) >> >> Joking while busy discouraged.  s/IANA/ARIN/d'

Re: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-17 Thread Gary Buhrmaster
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 01:02, George Herbert wrote: >> Will IANA accept netblock transfers as an exchange medium for >> datacenter goodies vending machine payments? ...  ;-) > > Joking while busy discouraged.  s/IANA/ARIN/d'oh I suspect ARIN would follow its policy to recognize any transfer

Re: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-17 Thread George Herbert
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 5:00 PM, George Herbert wrote: > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:44 PM, George Carey wrote: >> >>> >>> The vending machine should use a card like an ATM/gift card, not accept >>> cash.  You should be able to "charge" the card with some cash via a web >>> portal and keep the ca

Re: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-17 Thread George Herbert
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:44 PM, George Carey wrote: > >> >> The vending machine should use a card like an ATM/gift card, not accept >> cash.  You should be able to "charge" the card with some cash via a web >> portal and keep the card in the facility in your space.  If something is >> needed,

Re: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-17 Thread George Carey
> > The vending machine should use a card like an ATM/gift card, not accept cash. > You should be able to "charge" the card with some cash via a web portal and > keep the card in the facility in your space. If something is needed, one can > purchase it with the card. If there is no money on

Re: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-17 Thread Leigh Porter
On 17 Feb 2012, at 20:18, "Randy Bush" wrote: > i just want to pay a compliment to the fibercloud colo in the seattle > westin. there are crash carts, a tool-chest, rack screws, other screws, > garbage cans, ... and, if you are polite, they'll loan you usbs, blank > cds, ... and, as remote ha

Re: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-17 Thread Randy Bush
i just want to pay a compliment to the fibercloud colo in the seattle westin. there are crash carts, a tool-chest, rack screws, other screws, garbage cans, ... and, if you are polite, they'll loan you usbs, blank cds, ... and, as remote hands, they are smarter than i. oops, maybe that's not a c

Re: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-17 Thread Jason Baugher
Better double the size of the colo to accommodate the rows upon rows of vending machines filled with all the stuff you would have brought with you if you'd planned ahead.

RE: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-17 Thread Sven Olaf Kamphuis
or you just use your datacenter access rfid pass to pay and they put it on the bill later on. -- Greetings, Sven Olaf Kamphuis, CB3ROB Ltd. & Co. KG = Address: Koloniestrasse 34 VAT Tax ID: DE267268209

RE: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-17 Thread Nathan Eisenberg
> Please post your top 3 favorite components/parts you'd like to see in a > vending machine at your colo; please be as specific as possible; don't > let vendor specificity scare you off. > > Cheers, > -- jra > -- > Jay R. Ashworth Baylink > j...@baylink.com > Designer

RE: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-17 Thread Erik Soosalu
riday, February 17, 2012 2:02 PM To: Erik Soosalu Cc: NANOG Subject: RE: Colo Vending Machine On Fri, 17 Feb 2012, Erik Soosalu wrote: > 1) Patch cables every 1' length from 3-10' > 2) Velcro wrap > 3) Tools (screwdrivers, etc) > > And since the racks usually come with

RE: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-17 Thread George Bonser
Diagonal cutters Screwdriver with interchangeable Phillips/straight blade Small flashlight (with the data center provider's logo even!) Headlamp Small mirror (inspection mirror) Rack screws Zip ties Velcro ties Sharpie markers Pens Notebook of shirt pocket size with pages that can be easily torn o

RE: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-17 Thread Sven Olaf Kamphuis
On Fri, 17 Feb 2012, Erik Soosalu wrote: 1) Patch cables every 1' length from 3-10' 2) Velcro wrap 3) Tools (screwdrivers, etc) And since the racks usually come with the cage nuts, maybe the colo should just provide them. they do? nonono, you have to buy those seperately :P racks don't eve

RE: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-17 Thread Erik Soosalu
1) Patch cables every 1' length from 3-10' 2) Velcro wrap 3) Tools (screwdrivers, etc) And since the racks usually come with the cage nuts, maybe the colo should just provide them. Thanks, Erik -Original Message- From: Jay Ashworth [mailto:j...@baylink.com] Sent: Friday, February 17,