[ale] [OT] Atlanta Public Schools RFP "Linux Managed Services"

[Bruce]

Hmmmmm, SLAs.

I've done a bunch 'o work on SLAs using Cisco SAA
transactions. Cisco SAA Ping to measure reachability
and response times. Cisco SAA HTTP Get to measure web
page availability. You can set up DHCP queries, DNS
queries, FTP gets. Cisco SAA Jitter for VoIP (gives
latency and jitter).

Wonder if there is a good open source product that
works with Cisco SAA transactions? You could do all
sorts of SLA measurements with a few decent Cisco
routers at your core site. The tool would need a
utility so you could configure expected down-times, so
that would not be reflecting in your availability
measurements.

The question becomes - if you are out of compliance
(end-to-end response time too slow, availability less
than expected) - who do you alert, how do you alert
them, and what actions should be taken? 

I might need to read that RFP. Although answering
without reading will make my response way off base,
lol.

--- Jeff Lightner <jlightner at water.com> wrote:

> Interesting - they're specifying Fedora Core but
> requesting SLAs etc...
> 
> You'd think they'd go to one of the commercial
> distros instead.  (RedHat
> - if they know Fedora they could go to RHEL without
> an issue.)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org
> [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Giulio
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 11:14 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: [ale] [OT] Atlanta Public Schools RFP
> "Linux Managed Services"
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The Atlanta Public Schools has put out a RFP for
> "Linux Managed 
> Services":
> 
>
http://www.atlanta.k12.ga.us/content/purch_solicit.aspx
> 
> It is an interesting opportunity but too large for a
> small business. 
> If there are people out there interested in
> partnering and taking a 
> shot at it, please let me know off-list.
> 
> There is a pre-proposal conference Wed., 8/29 at 10.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Giulio 
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