[AusNOG] Server BW limits

[Tim March]

On 26/08/12 10:57 AM, Noel Butler wrote:
> Hell, the U.S. even pays less than half what we pay for power per kwH 
> (9-13c that I know of, probably some even less), everything in AU is 
> an utter rip off, and once businesses figure out the impact of the 
> latest how-do-we-fuck-aussies-up-more tax, errr I mean carbon tax, 
> which may take most SMB 6 months or so to decisively work out its 
> impact, direct and indirect, so they can justify price increases to 
> the wankers in govt who want to try threaten them for trying to 
> survive - costs will likely rise further again
I recently reviewed a facility space quote on behalf of a customer that 
included a 'Carbon Tax Supplement' of $54.00 per cabinet. From memory it 
included ~ 2kW of power with additional 1kW blocks running up ~ $850ea. 
Adding in the $1,675 base price per cabinet means you're then looking at 
$3,239 for a standard 3.84kW cabinet before you even think about putting 
data services in it.

Unless I need some serious grunt (eg. cabinets stacked 3 deep with 
16-slot blade enclosures) that absolutely has to be on shore it just 
makes more sense to use providers like EC2 for most applications.

2c.



T.