[asterisk-biz] OT: Co-location vs Build Out Insight

[ContactTel Business]

Steph, you talking about
http://www.ami.com/products/product.cfm?CatID=4&SubID=32&prodid=196 ?



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From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Stephane Bakhos
Sent: April-07-09 7:52 PM
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] OT: Co-location vs Build Out Insight

If you are starting out in business colocation is usually the cheapest 
option. you won't have to worry about all of the hassle related to running 
an actual data center.

There are a lot of colocation providers out there, unfortunately the 
various experiences I had only proved that cost is not the best metric for 
reliability.

I do however recommend that you have in house technical staff and not to 
rely on the staff of whichever colocation center you select. Or at the 
very least make sure you work with a dependable contractor that can 
respond to emergencies.

If that isn't an option, invest in a lights-out remote management card to 
plug your server in (www.ami.com has some ok ones).

On Tue, 7 Apr 2009, Max Clark wrote:

> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 16:27:34 -0700
> From: Max Clark <max.clark at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
>     <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
>     <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] OT: Co-location vs Build Out Insight
> 
> There are a lot of pieces to this puzzle. Examples:
>
> - For some companies the $1,000/sq foot average construction costs
> keep the idea of building an in house datacenter off the table.
> - For small (100 sq foot) installations it's reasonable to purchase a
> medium sized UPS and HVAC for the computer room - the nightmare is
> getting a generator installed and a permit for the exhaust and fuel
> storage.
> - Even installing fiber into your office
> (http://www.phyber.com/ip/#ontap) doesn't give you the rapid scale of
> being able to order new GigE/10Gig circuits overnight at a colo.
>
> How much would it cost your business per hour of downtime? Could you
> survive if you lost service to your building for two days?
>
> For most it is way easier/cheaper to colocate the equipment.
>
> -Max
>
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