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Or you could bypass all that, fork over a little money and hire a consultant that has done it many times, to come in and tell ya exactly how to do everything. Then you will not have to learn the hard-way of trial and error. Since we are talking about a 75,000 node network, I don't think too many errors would be looked very highly upon... Luke 1-800-789-6062 x3010 At 02:51 PM 3/16/98 -0500, Charles Sprickman wrote: >I think I'd disagree with that. Where would all you folks be if you never >picked up a book? You wouldn't be reading this list. Seriously, while >there's not an ORA "How to Build a NOC" book with some cute animal on the >cover, there is some information out there worth reading. > >I'd suggest digging through some telco info (if you'd like to consider a >CO a NOC). Also, there should be plenty of people on this list that >work in or have even designed decent sized NOCs. You can also cheat and >go browsing as a prospective customer at someplace like Exodus or any >other colo facility that is well-managed and modern. You can actually >learn quite a bit by just looking around... > >Hopefully some of the startup NSPs will answer here, as the experience >should still be fresh in their minds... > >Charles > >~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ >Charles Sprickman Internet Channel >INCH System Administration Team (212)243-5200 >[email protected] [email protected] > >On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Martin Hannigan wrote: > >> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 14:14:47 -0500 (EST) >> From: Martin Hannigan <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Building a NOC >> >> > >> > Would anyone have information or knowledge of books, WWW Sites, or other >> > means that would provide details on constructing a state of the art NOC to >> > support 75000+ nodes in a LAN/MAN/WAN environment >> > >> > Thanks in advance >> > JC >> > >> > >> > >> >> No books, it's all experience. >> >> >> Martin Hannigan V:617.500.0108 >> Director - Data Networks F:617.500.0002 >> XCOM Technologies, INC. [email protected] >> Cambridge, MA http://www.xcom.net >> > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Luke Parrish * Email [email protected] * * LDS-iAmerica, ISP * Pager 1-800-789-6062 x3910 * * Network Engineer * Phone 1-800-789-6062 x3010 * * AS 4958 ICQ 3606426 * http://cust.iamerica.net/lparrish * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I love the Internet, and you should too. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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