BuyVM - Leaving Buffalo Early

[Francisco]

I think "Koopa Choopa". Mario? Anyone?

Seriously, though, like everyone I'm glad to see this happening. Can only be for the best. Wish I could be there, only two hours out, but that's two hours that won't happen.

Thanks!

Who knows, For all we know, Buffalo is the hot place to have a VM and we're going to miss out on a big sales rush

I'm just happy that the headache goes away. There will no longer be the fear of 'Ugh, what funny comment is THIS ticket going to trigger' in the odd chances we submit one.

We still don't have an ETA on SSD's in NY. Since this caught us off guard somewhat we didn't have preperations for the NY order as well as temp equipment so it'll have to wait till next year. LV's upgrades are still on track for end of the month.

Francisco

 

[drmike]

Have the fury monkeys in Buffalo determined yet if they are going to let you into the datacenter?

I can see a wasted trip and standoff situation with servers held hostage and non stop DDoS when you do secure your gear and drive across the entire state of New Yawk.

 

[Aldryic C'boas]

Already expecting the DDoS.  I've come across some rather amazing information from an acquaintance at Erie County's clerk of court... the next move is wholly on Biloh and kids.  If the move goes smoothly, without attempted dickery or other drama, you'll not hear another peep out of us regarding them, and we'll consider our paths parted amicably with no hard feelings.  Should I be... unsatisfied - well, they have the opportunity to pull some nasty work on us and cause some havoc, true.  But some of the information I possess involves federal-level felonies.  The kind that comes with guaranteed jail time.

Their move.

 

[MannDude]

opcorn:

 

[drmike]

Better Pony Up to the Erie County Sheriff's department.   

You should be able to pay for a sheriff department escort to retrieve your equipment.  Just hired several deputies in another jurisdiction to babysit while my team extracted equipment being held illegally by a property owner.   < $300 and I bought the department lunch.

They were on location to make sure everyone behaved like big boys.  Last time on location moron pulled a gun on my people.   Sadly, I wasn't there to issue a case of acute lead poisoning.

 

[CVPS_Chris]

Already expecting the DDoS.  I've come across some rather amazing information from an acquaintance at Erie County's clerk of court... the next move is wholly on Biloh and kids.  If the move goes smoothly, without attempted dickery or other drama, you'll not hear another peep out of us regarding them, and we'll consider our paths parted amicably with no hard feelings.  Should I be... unsatisfied - well, they have the opportunity to pull some nasty work on us and cause some havoc, true.  But some of the information I possess involves federal-level felonies.  The kind that comes with guaranteed jail time.

Their move.

Got a great laugh out of that one. Thanks for my daily humor.

 

[Francisco]

Got a great laugh out of that one. Thanks for my daily humor.

Put your dongs away you two, I'm trying to enjoy a relaxing night of Bobs Burgers in peace.

Given the reply Jon gave me in a ticket I get the feeling they are wanting to spend as much time hanging around as we do with them. They expect a 10 - 15 minute turn around on deracking which is pretty spot on for "speed rails".

Francisco

 

[drmike]

10-15 minutes to fully undo your rack setup and be gone?

Who is doing this unracking Fran?  BuyVM or CC?

 

[CVPS_Chris]

You already know the answer to that, you stated it earlier. Add me on Skype, oh wait, your too afraid.

 

[Aldryic C'boas]

10-15 minutes to fully undo your rack setup and be gone?

Who is doing this unracking Fran?  BuyVM or CC?

They will.  We have been informed that we will not be allowed inside the datacentre, and will be waiting outside the security door for the gear to be brought to us.  Hence why I let a couple of my cards show - hopefully it will be enough to ensure a smooth transaction, and our two companies can simply bury our hands and move on.

 

[drmike]

You already know the answer to that, you stated it earlier. Add me on Skype, oh wait, your too afraid.

You talking to me?  I don't know where I stated knowing the answer earlier.   I had my suspicions when this was announced what would be pulled.

I wouldn't let CC touch a damn thing based on the current situation.  If I were CC, I wouldn't want anywhere near BuyVM's gear either cause if something happens like say oh a whole bunch of drives crashed, well, heads will roll.

I recommend the police escort in and out of the facility to keep everyone honest and civil.

 

[CVPS_Chris]

yes you, and dont ignore my skype comment. Add me so we can chat, I sent the request weeks ago

 

[Francisco]

They will.  We have been informed that we will not be allowed inside the datacentre, and will be waiting outside the security door for the gear to be brought to us.  Hence why I let a couple of my cards show - hopefully it will be enough to ensure a smooth transaction, and our two companies can simply bury our hands and move on.

I can understand their view on it, especially with it being uncertain if Matt's coming. While I highly doubt Matt was involved in the EGI incident, they probably have some big customers, possibly even govt. contracts, that would flip out if there was even a 0.0001% chance of any shenanigans to go on.

If they really do have govt. contracts, though, I'd assume security would hold any/all cellphones anyways?

Francisco

 

[drmike]

I am honored sweety  I think you ended up in the autoblocked heap.  Lots of suitors end up there.

What shall we chat about?  Want to see my webcam and peek at my goodies?  

 

[Aldryic C'boas]

If they had government contracts suh, I highly doubt they would try to cram a ton of startup summerhosts in the same DC.  Seems like they would want to preserve the supposed network for a client that important, rather than oversaturating it.

Even if you went in, I imagine they would be breathing right down your neck, so worrying about you taking pictures doesn't make real sense either.  Makes more sense that they don't want us seeing that their "home" racks don't look much better than what happened at EGI.  After all, why keep out a guest unless you're ashamed of your house?

 

[Francisco]

If they had government contracts suh, I highly doubt they would try to cram a ton of startup summerhosts in the same DC.  Seems like they would want to preserve the supposed network for a client that important, rather than oversaturating it.

Even if you went in, I imagine they would be breathing right down your neck, so worrying about you taking pictures doesn't make real sense either.  Makes more sense that they don't want us seeing that their "home" racks don't look much better than what happened at EGI.  After all, why keep out a guest unless you're ashamed of your house?

Well, the pictures Jon snapped me of them setting up their 'cubes' was nice. Granted, I saw 0 pictures of networking gear but given they are a (nearly?) pure supermicro shop, you gotta try damn hard to make those rails a mess.

Francisco

 

[Aldryic C'boas]

Could be part of it as well.  They keep making claims to "be a datacentre"... despite every location actually being owned by the actual DC.  Perhaps they simply don't want us to walk in and notice "Oh.. so they only have a couple cages they resell from".

 

[Francisco]

Could be part of it as well.  They keep making claims to "be a datacentre"... despite every location actually being owned by the actual DC.  Perhaps they simply don't want us to walk in and notice "Oh.. so they only have a couple cages they resell from".

Jon's never claimed to own the tower (at least to me >_>) so I'm assuming he just has some suites.

The space he took a picture of looked somewhere in the 1200 - 1500 sq.ft mark? It was in their really really

early stages so they had only a row or two of cabs.

Francisco

 

[drmike]

"Oh.. so they only have a couple cages they resell from"

The facility isn't their facility.  It is a Downtown high rise multi-tenant colo facility.

250,000 square feet in the whole building. 

From CC's website:

270,490 square foot gross; 23,000 square feet of datacenter space

23k sq. ft... hmm where did I read this before?

Located in 23,000 square feet of offices in Main Place Tower at 350 Main St., CentriLogic provides top physical and data security systems, including fire detection and suppression, HVAC, biometric user authentication and video surveillance. “CentriLogic acts as a safety deposit box for companies. It’s our job to keep them up and running, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year,” Offley said. “It’s our mission to take the worry out of hosting and managed services so our clients can concentrate on what they do best.”

So.... odds are very high they are in CentriLogic's space.

Main Place Tower is pretty empty -- not hard to get a decent price on bulk space.   

I am sure they have cage or better in size space.

I'd guess that Buffalo is pretty decent compared to the mess folks saw in their Cali rack.   But we can all daydream about another pile of spaghetti cabling and those routers.

 

[nunim]

They will.  We have been informed that we will not be allowed inside the datacentre, and will be waiting outside the security door for the gear to be brought to us.  Hence why I let a couple of my cards show - hopefully it will be enough to ensure a smooth transaction, and our two companies can simply bury our hands and move on.

:blink: Don't you have datacenter access as a provision of your contract?  I would want to handle my own gear, especially in a situation like this where you're parting on less then amicable terms.  You would be escorted in and out so there shouldn't be any room for funny business.