[cfaussie] RE: Co-location hosting

[Ayudh Nagara]

You're right to be worried. This sounds like one of those classic deals where they suck you in with a competitive price then hit you hard when you're a captive market. $300/hour sounds out of line to me. What do they offer for that - a SAS commando to follow you around while you're in the datacenter? I'd look for someone who can offer a more friendly deal. Plenty of suggestions from others on this thread.   Regarding physical access, first thing is to install a remote control facility, eg. Windows Terminal Server or VNC, to give you remote access to the system console. To install most software, you can copy the CD over the network to some temp disk space on the server and install from there. To install heavy-footprint software (> 1 CD), that might not be so practical, so check if they will load CDs for you either free or for nominal cost. All this may reduce your need to physically access your server except for hardware upgrades. Also remember that when you need access, it's most likely to be between 00:00 and 06:00 during a holiday long weekend, assuming you're operating a business or commercial application. So do those rates apply only to business hours or what (hate to think of overtime rates for SAS commandos).   Regards: Ayudh   +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | SOAP is the glue! Hook up your server directly to your bank.   | | Connect to VeriPay xServ, the Australian Payments Web Service. | | Reliable, Secure, FAST: http://www.xilo.com/xserv              | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ ----- Original Message ----- From: Gavin Cooney To: CFAussie Mailing List Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 4:29 PM Subject: [cfaussie] RE: Co-location hosting I'm in Sydney CBD.   The cost of access to the building is one thing that really worries me. He did say on the phone that they'd give me occasional access for free. But i dont know how occasional "occasional" is!   Gav ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CFAussie Mailing List Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 3:31 PM Subject: [cfaussie] RE: Co-location hosting Er yeah that is expensive...   Where are you Gavin?  Anyone in Melbourne check out www.globalcenter.com.au   I forget the 3 RU cost (their minimum), but call them for a quote, but either way it's $180/hr and you can call them on the way there and they'll have a keyboard and monitor plugged in for when you arrive.  And if you're quick in and out they often won't bill at all (eg. if you're just installing something and it's 15 minutes). For no money they'll powercycle etc over the phone.  Security is excellent and the service and reliabilty are amazing.   - James -----Original Message----- From: Aaron DC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 19 March 2004 3:15 PM To: CFAussie Mailing List Subject: [cfaussie] RE: Co-location hosting 1 RU is about 1/4 the height of a standard desktop PC - not tower - flat case. Around 1" or so.   It sounds a bit expensive to me.   Aaron   ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Onnis To: CFAussie Mailing List Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 2:59 PM Subject: [cfaussie] RE: Co-location hosting Is that one whole rack?   Whats a "rack unit"  ?   Steve -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Gavin Cooney Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 2:15 PM To: CFAussie Mailing List Subject: [cfaussie] Co-location hosting Hi all, I'm about to sign on the dotted line to pay $156 per month plus $200 for one Rack Unit of space with 1GB downloads/ 10GB uploads.  (excluding GST). Standard Access (2 days notice) Hourly - $300 Emergency Access (2 hrs notice) Hourly $540 Is this a good price? Can anyone recommend anything better? Is there anything I should look out for with co-location hosting? 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