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At 14:51 -0500 3/16/98, 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... Excellent observation. There was a text, _Engineering and Operations in the Bell System_, that gave some good operational experience. With divestiture, I'm not sure who took it over. I vaguely remember that _Transmission Systems for Communications_ went to AT&T Bell Labs, and E&O went to Bellcore. I'd also consider looking through some of the military communications manuals. Unfortunately, I'm in the midst of a computer conversion and have to recover some bookmark files, but you can search for Army Field Manuals online -- they are at the TRADOC site at Ft. Monroe. > >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 >>
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