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Build Your Own NOC
Geminus writes "Ever wanted to build a cheap NOC but had difficulty explaining tech stuff to bean counting managers? Here's the basics on building one for under two grand. Makes for a pretty good dog-n-pony show, and proves useful too! Damn, I want to be an Armchair Network Operations Center General."
NOC=Nitrous Oxide Computing.
I guess you can build your own NOC, but if you don't have enough bandwidth, you can't teach others how to do it.
There have been 4 comments so far and the story is already slashdotted!
Jory
I was part of a company that wanted to branch into network management for others
problem was, to sell your services as a NOC, you have to already have it built, which we didn't have...we had a bunch of fake looking tools, though...
where was this two years ago when I needed it...LOL
RB
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Just add an LCD projector and I can play a 3d shooter on the big screen while keeping track of network packets.
It must have been a *really* cheap NOC!
The NOC advisory "Your first Monitor should be watching CNN or the weather channel"
Change that to Slashdot, Kuro5in, TheRegister, ThtOnion or something else. No CNN please.... if you have any sense of self-esteem, that is.
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I used to host with a fine place, but disagreements over costs and bandwidth usage charges inspired me (along with the purchase of my home) to host in my own basement. I have 3-4 customers, and we'll keep it at that. Bandwidth is a T-1. And I think the place looks pretty sharp. This is also where textfiles.com and bbsdocumentary.com are hosted, so it works for me.
5. Red Phone... afterall, who doesn't want one? You're batman right?
Of course, then you can say stuff like "Get the Pentagon on the horn!" while smoking a stogie
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it really isn't worthy of a Slashdot story.
Then your standards are too high... or you must be new here. In that case, welcome to Slashdot! (Some of us regulars here call it "/.")
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What's the point of being Napoleon and BOFH of your own NOC if you don't have lusers to abuse? I think I might have an answer, however.
Tapping the vast pool of cheap out-of-work IT workers, LUSERS'R'US can provide a simulated load of lusers on your network -- Even with an adjustable rate of phone calls with silly-assed questions and problems for home NOC commanders to deal with.
If you want to be a real BOFH, you can't reign in hell without some damned souls to boss around. You need us. You need LUSERS'R'US!
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