"Class A Data Center"

Thu Sep 18 20:19:21 UTC 2003

Particularly of interest would be "established standards" for "Class A
Datacenter" specifically relating to the physical plant -- Power,
cooling, physical security, etc.  I think we can all agree in general on
N+1 everything, and we can go round and round again on what exactly
constitutes "Tier-1 provider," but what about the physical space itself?
I can put a fully-redundant network with multiple "Tier-1" connections
in my garage but I still wouldn't consider my garage to then be a "Class
A Datacenter."

Andrew

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu] On Behalf Of
Bob German
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 3:59 PM
To: 'Jay Hennigan'
Cc: nanog at merit.edu
Subject: RE: "Class A Data Center" 

This is the assumption I have come to as well.  Are there any
established standards for enterprise datacenters at all, aside from the
obvious, N+1 redundant everything, diverse paths, etc.?

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 12:08:43 EDT, Bob German <bobgerman at irides.com>
> said:
>
> > Can anyone point me to a set of standards that define a "Class A
> > Data Center?"  I'm not asking for requirements, but an actual 
> > pointer to standards hammered out by an organization or governing 
> > body.
>
> "must have connectivity from a Tier-1 provider"? :)