Re: Data Center testing

2009-08-25 Thread Jeff Aitken
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 09:38:38AM -0400, Dan Snyder wrote: > We have done power tests before and had no problem. I guess I am looking > for someone who does testing of the network equipment outside of just power > tests. We had an outage due to a configuration mistake that became apparent > when

SORBS?

2009-08-25 Thread trainier
I need a SORBS maintainer to contact me. The SORBS site reports the site and databases are in maintenance mode for the second day in a row. One of my domains was legitimately listed, but now that I've resolved the problem, I'm unable to request removal. Regards, Tim R. Rainier Systems Admini

Re: SORBS?

2009-08-25 Thread Jon Lewis
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 train...@kalsec.com wrote: I need a SORBS maintainer to contact me. The SORBS site reports the site and databases are in maintenance mode for the second day in a row. One of my domains was legitimately listed, but now that I've resolved the problem, I'm unable to request re

Re: SORBS?

2009-08-25 Thread Marc Powell
On Aug 25, 2009, at 8:40 AM, train...@kalsec.com wrote: I need a SORBS maintainer to contact me. I don't think they watch here; at least I've never seen Michelle post here. Try dnsbl-users, the SORBS mailling list. From the google cache of the Mailling Lists page -- "This list is an ope

Re: SORBS?

2009-08-25 Thread trainier
Thanks for the replies. I will use the mailing list if my issue doesn't get resolved. Regards, Tim R. Rainier Systems Administrator II Kalsec Inc. www.kalsec.com Marc Powell wrote on 08/25/2009 10:35:43 AM: > From: > > Marc Powell > > To: > > NANOG list > > Date: > > 08/25/2009 10:36

Re: SORBS?

2009-08-25 Thread Graeme Fowler
On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 09:35 -0500, Marc Powell wrote: > I don't think they watch here; at least I've never seen Michelle post > here. I've had confirmation from Michelle personally this morning (following a similar question elsewhere) that the SORBS systems are indeed relocating. From a previous

Re: Alternatives to storm-control on Cat 6509.

2009-08-25 Thread Mike Bartz
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Nick Hilliard wrote: > On 24/08/2009 19:03, Holmes,David A wrote: > >> Additionally, and perhaps most significantly for deterministic network >> design, the copper cards share input hardware buffers for every 8 ports. >> Running one port of the 8 at wire speed wil

Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband

2009-08-25 Thread Bill Stewart
It's not a technical question, it's a political one, so feel free to squelch this for off-topicness if you want. Technically, broadband is "faster than narrowband", and beyond that it's "fast enough for what you're trying to sell"; tell me what you're trying to sell and I'll tell you how fast a con

Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband

2009-08-25 Thread Fred Baker
On Aug 24, 2009, at 9:17 AM, Luke Marrott wrote: What are your thoughts on what the definition of Broadband should be going forward? I would assume this will be the standard definition for a number of years to come. Historically, narrowband was circuit switched (ISDN etc) and broadband

RE: Data Center testing

2009-08-25 Thread Frank Bulk - iName.com
There's more to data integrity in a data center (well, anything powered, that is) than network configurations. There's the loading of individual power outlets, UPS loading, UPS battery replacement cycles, loading of circuits, backup lighting, etc. And the only way to know if something is really w

Re: Data Center testing

2009-08-25 Thread James Hess
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Jeff Aitken wrote: >[..] Periodically inducing failures to catch [...] them is sorta like using >your smoke detector as an oven timer. >[..] > machine-parsable format, but the benefit is that you know in pseudo-realtime > when something is wrong, as opposed to find

Re: Data Center testing

2009-08-25 Thread eric clark
Most Provider type datacenters I've worked with get a lot of flak from customers when they announce they're doing network failover testing, because there's always going to be a certain amount of chance (at least) of disruption. Its the exception to find a provider that does it I think (or maybe jus