Andrew,
As I said earlier, we're just looking into the option... Certainly a
little competition never hurts...
Regarding the NTG feature set:
I too have 24x7x365 internal and external security personel
Camera, motion and alarm systems already in place
Dry chemical fire supression systems
Dual Entergy feeds
Keyed/Access card entry
As I said ealier, this was going to be a telephone hub for South Baton
Rouge therefore I'm sitting on a major Bellsouth hub, I'm 3 blocks
from a major Cox fiber intersection and I've got the right of way on
the property to drop any fiber I need to.... We're going to populate
the room with about 3 racks of equipment, I was just trying to decide
if it was worth our time and expense to push the envelope a bit and
allow others to reap the benefits of what we put together.
JWP
On 10/28/05, Andrew Baudouin <andrewmb at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have several clients hosted there and have done quite a bit of work with
> NTG. Let me advise you on the features of NTG and see if you want to try to
> compete.
>
> Strong physical security (bulletproof glass speced to stop 7.62 MM bullets,
> man traps, biometric handprint scanners, 12' high concrete walls around the
> rear entrance that can stop an 18-wheeler)..
>
> 4 independent 10 mbps+ fiber paths into the facility
>
> 24-7 security and monitoring personnel ...
>
> They charge 35/U of rack space and 129 per month for 128Kbps of burstable
> bandwidth which is calculated on a 95th percentile method.
>
>
>
> On 10/28/05, Justin W. Pauler <jwpauler at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > John,
> >
> > The company I work for has the location I mentioned earlier, we are
> > preparing the location to house our critical infrastructure...
> > However, due to the size of the location and what's already in place,
> > I could host quite a bit more...
> >
> > I'm just debating on whether or not it's to our advantage to build out
> > a little more (more racks, more connectivity, etc...) and open up
> > house to hosting other equipment.
> >
> > JWP
> >
> > On 10/28/05, John Hebert <metanoid at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > The only CoLo datacenter in Baton Rouge that I know of is NTG
> > > (http://www.ntg.com ). Their headquarters is located in the United
> Plaza, but
> > > they bought the old Solid Systems datacenter in the Tech Park and added
> a
> > > lot more capacity. Very good deal on their part. Solid Systems lost
> their
> > > shirt.
> > >
> > > Are you evaluating whether to start up a datacenter? NTG was doing okay
> > > last time I was there, but they had lots of unused capacity. They
> probably
> > > have more customers now after Katrina.
> > >
> > > NTG will be your biggest competitor locally. You will need to
> differentiate
> > > from what they offer.
> > >
> > > The BRLUG did a special tour of NTG about a year ago, it was pretty
> cool to
> > > get the behind the scenes look at their OP center, network management
> and
> > > backup diesel generators.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> > > On 10/28/05, Justin W. Pauler <jwpauler at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Good morning all...
> > > >
> > > > Just wondering what the DataCenter options are around Baton Rouge?
> > > >
> > > > Is this a big market for such services? What about now after the
> > > hurricanes?
> > > >
> > > > I've come across a location that would be perfect for such a business,
> > > > in fact, it used to be a telecom switching site... it's been built out
> > > > with racks, a/c, redundant power, etc...., and the wheels are turning
> > > > with possibilities.
> > > >
> > >
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