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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: TIA-942 Datacenter Standardization
Eesh... I grabbed a copy of this thing. In a cursory over-read... I am afraid if people (people defined by lim(clue) -> 0) start implementing datacenters by this guide. This would be a BRILLIANT document as the reading material for a college-level course. However, I'd be concerned if a CxO reads this and assumes they are great if the document has no conflicts with their implementation and they think they are in good shae. Before I comment publicly on the issues I think I have with it, I want to verify that the points I raise aren't covered in some sort of disclaimer about being "out of scope" etc. Essentially 90% of the conversations folks have on nanog about datacenter designs are outside of what this advocates building (in a very cursory overread). DJ Chris Gilbert wrote: [snip] The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) -- the people who brought you the CAT standards for unshielded twisted pair cabling -- recently undertook a vast challenge to publish a definitive document encompassing best practices and design considerations for every single aspect of the modern data center. The standard, entitled Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers, TIA-942, weighs in at 148 pages, and covers everything from site selection to rack mounting methods. [/snip] Link: http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid80_gci1120625,00.html Also: http://www.tiaonline.org/media/press_releases/index.cfm?parelease=05-46 I seem to remember some folks asking questions about such a thing here in the past... so I hope this isn't a duplicate of an old thread. In any case, has anyone here looked over the documents and/or have any comments on them? It seems to me (however I have not yet read it) that something such as this could be quite useful to IT students and others who don't have the field experience. -- Regards Chris Gilbert
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