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KiwiSurfer

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#3281478 12-Sep-2024 15:04

tripper1000:

boosacnoodle: I’m surprised they put both in close proximity to a retail and industrial space. Surely this isn’t great from a physical security perspective.

Southern Cross Cable termination building is in the vicinity of all 3 DC's. I've heard that is the reason for their locations, but it wasn't from a geeky source, so I'm happy to be corrected.

I assume you mean the termination of the Aussie leg? The USA leg terminates in Northcote I believe.

Would be a reasonable reason to be based there though -- the closer to SYD ping-wise the better perhaps.

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#3281599 13-Sep-2024 08:08

KiwiSurfer:

I assume you mean the termination of the Aussie leg? The USA leg terminates in Northcote I believe.

Would be a reasonable reason to be based there though -- the closer to SYD ping-wise the better perhaps.

I think there is a building around 153 Brigham Creek rd that indicates on some maps it is a cable landing station, if this is true then it is pretty close to the 3 DCs for sure.

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#3281600 13-Sep-2024 08:23

gzt:

Every year if there are signs outside a few tradies will drive into Microsoft, and a few nerds will drive into Gib.

Maybe the nerds will get plastered.

I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to.

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#3282088 14-Sep-2024 12:48

tripper1000:
boosacnoodle: I’m surprised they put both in close proximity to a retail and industrial space. Surely this isn’t great from a physical security perspective.
Southern Cross Cable termination building is in the vicinity of all 3 DC's. I've heard that is the reason for their locations, but it wasn't from a geeky source, so I'm happy to be corrected.

The more likely issue is some random construction or earthmoving ditch digging in between digging up the data feeds.

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#3282092 14-Sep-2024 12:51

boosacnoodle: I’m surprised they put both in close proximity to a retail and industrial space. Surely this isn’t great from a physical security perspective.

I'd hate to be the person at the front desk dealing with randoms insisting they fix their free gmail or outlook mail and the people turning up at AWS asking about their late Amazon orders..

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#3282105 14-Sep-2024 14:33

jrdobbs:

gzt:

Every year if there are signs outside a few tradies will drive into Microsoft, and a few nerds will drive into Gib.

Maybe the nerds will get plastered.

and the tradies will be trying to gets some partitioning tools…

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#3282134 14-Sep-2024 17:26

gzt:
boosacnoodle: I’m surprised they put both in close proximity to a retail and industrial space. Surely this isn’t great from a physical security perspective.

I'd hate to be the person at the front desk dealing with randoms insisting they fix their free gmail or outlook mail and the people turning up at AWS asking about their late Amazon orders..

You won't get to the front desk without identifying yourself at the gate, which won't be opened until your identity is matched to a scheduled visit. At least that's the case at other datacentres I've visited some years ago, and I imagine security is even more robust these days.

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