MAE NY?

Chris Mauritz chrism at raremedium.com
Thu Oct 8 13:21:31 UTC 1998


I dont' think "giga"switches need any help from the ambient temperature to
lose packets.  8-)

C

Chris Mauritz
Technical Manager, Systems Administration
Rare Medium, Inc.
chrism at raremedium.com

-----Original Message-----
From: <alex at nac.net>
To: Sean Donelan <SEAN at SDG.DRA.COM>
Cc: <nanog at merit.edu>
Date: Tuesday, October 06, 1998 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: MAE NY?


>
>I recall seeing a study a few years back that showed direct correlation
>between packet loss and temperature on DEC Gigaswitches; does anyone else
>remember this?
>
>
>On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Sean Donelan wrote:
>
>> amb at gxn.NET (Alex Bligh) writes:
>> >> core1.nyc>sho env all
>> >>
>> >> Temperature readings:
>> >>         chassis inlet    measured at 26C/78F
>> >>
>> >> 78F in my cabinet in the inlet seems reasonable to me.
>> >
>> >Well seeing as we're playing this game:
>> >
>> >newyork1>show env all
>> >...
>> > card     inlet       hotpoint     exhaust
>> >RSP(2)   15C/59F      19C/66F      18C/64F
>> >
>> >Brrrr...
>>
>> paix1>show env all
>>
>>  card     inlet       hotpoint     exhaust
>> RSP(2)   14C/57F      19C/66F      17C/62F
>>
>> PAIX is the only place I worry about my equipment getting too cold,
>> condensation and such.  Anyone know what the dewpoint at PAIX is?
>> Any other entrants in the cold co-locate arena?
>>
>> Of course, WCOM wins for having the hottest POPs.
>> --
>> Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
>>   Affiliation given for identification not representation
>>
>
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