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Re: DATACENTER: Patch Panels
Here are some pics of the above.net DC facility off of net100's site, and
you can see the cross connect system you're talking about on the bottom
left -
http://www.net100ltd.com/html/Clients.html
they did a nice job there, though I can't say I like the blue cable...
Grisha
On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 [email protected] wrote:
> Long shot here....I was in Abovenets DC space and noticed the patch panels,
> I THOUGHT they were from a company called "crone"...these are the patch
> panels on the top of all the customer racks and are brought back to that
> funky cross connect system they have which is made by the same company....
>
> Here are the questions:
> 1) Can anyone identify the company who makes this system they are using, I
> called the NOC there and confirmed that both the patch panels and punchdowns
> are of the same brand ("Crone"). Perhaps I am not spelling it correctly...or
> its just really obscure...I can't find any info about them anywhere...
>
> 2) Why are they using that cross connect system for the cables once they
> come back to their MDFs? Is this for Flexibility? Performance? Neatness? I
> imagine that most their handoff is Ethernet so they would use just straight
> patch cords...but I suppose this is easier to maintain if you have skilled
> people doing the punches...and easier to troublshoot...
>
> Thanks
> andrew
>
> Andrew Metcalf
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