[AusNOG] US Colo ? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Kayne Naughton]

Depending on what they are doing most US colo/dedicated server places
are brutally cheap by Australian standards. Not that I'd necessarily
recommend picking the cheapest but I've always browsed
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c84012572ba1acf01edde8e
5163bf188&f=36 and alike sub forums for DCs looking to fill some new
racks.

In my experience colo can be a lot more expensive than dedicated hosting
depending on requirements, I think just because of the manhandling
involved they tend to be wary of it.

If you're paying over $200 for under a terabyte a month in the states
I'd be surprised.

Regards,
Kayne

-----Original Message-----
From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
[mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Paul Raj Khangure
Sent: Friday, 12 June 2009 11:11 AM
To: ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: [AusNOG] US Colo ?

Morning all,

Apologies if slightly off topic, but I figure several of you may have
experience with US Colo facilities.

A community organisation I'm helping out is looking to host a couple of
1RU servers in the US, and looking for decent Colo facilities.

By decent, their priorities are:

* Reasonable per RU costs.
* Reasonable bandwidth costs, prob about 2MBps, prefer flat cost rather
than excess charges.
* Ability for each server to have 2 uplinks, one for LOM, one for
bandwidth. Reasonable costs if excess charges apply.
* Reasonable power allocations if they meter per Amp (each server will
prob be about 2.5A at 120V AC).
* Reasonable remote hands skills and costs, when required.

Is there anything else I should be considering when evaluating data
centres & colo costs for them?

prk.
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