[thelist] Need some tips on setting up a dotcom [hardware related]...

Daniel J. Cody djc at members.evolt.org
Fri Dec 7 14:55:43 CST 2001


+1 - if you have the cash, colocation is the way to go. if you don't, 
places like rackspace.com and other 'managed hosters' are a nice second 
option

.djc.

Scott Dexter wrote:


> We (Ti3) co-lo. Besides paying for rack space and the sanity that
> there's a network guru at beck-and-call, we also pay for bandwidth. It
> is well worth it, because the big advantage to co-locating is what you
> get in infrastructure. We're within the zero-mile (literally across the
> street) from a SWBell CO, and the guys there peered to multiple
> backbones over fiber. You also pay for (in our case; investigate your
> co-lo) a "hardened" environment: secure access, a/c, backup power (they
> have their own generator). We're able to run most of our servers on 24v
> DC instead of AC, from what I understand helps lifetime of the box. It
> also gives the clients that want a walk-through a nice warm-fuzzy that
> the servers running their stuff isn't in somebody's closet next to the
> unmbrella.
> 
> If/when you can afford it, go co-lo. =)






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