[TriLUG] Re: [TNTUG-discussion] co location of servers

[Steve Hoffman]

While I have no problem with hosted..they don't have redundant GB
connections...they have 1 fibre connection from Cary to Raleigh, but only
have it at a notch above OC3, maybe 200Mb/s, the other links are just OC3's
(155Mb/s).  We were with Hosted up until 6 months ago, our main reason for
leaving was that they went from 8 years 100% uptime to two outages in less
then a year and were slow to get a damage report so we (and our customers)
were sitting in the dark waiting for an explaination.  We are now with
Peak10 and feel that they are an equally able managed solution.  They have 5
locations throughout the southeast all interconnected with OC3's.  Compared
to the Cary facility of hosted they have a lot more raised floor space
available.

If you're interested, I go to church with a guy who does co-lo out of Level
3's facility in North Raleigh.  If not for the fact that it's an unmanned
facility we would be there right now.  You can get a 100MB connection right
to level 3's network.  They are a carrier grade facility, so they only
provide battery backup over DC power, but even a weak UPS can tide you over
until the generator kicks in.

Steve

On 12/3/05, staylor at openfieldsolutions.com <staylor at openfieldsolutions.com>
wrote:
>
>
> Chris,
>
> We use Hosted Solutions in Raleigh. We chose them because they have three
> locations (2 in Raleigh, 1 in Charlotte)
> And they have 1GB redundant fiber between locations.
> They have very high bandwidth onsite and offer additional services such as
> tape changing, local network backup and restore, DNS hosting, Web Hosting
> etc.
> You get redundant power in your rack Two separate Phases from Two Separate
> PDU's guarantees your servers always have power.
> I believe they have three or Four fiber web connections to guarantee
> bandwidth.
>
> Of course they have an AC system and honking generator out back.
> As well customer service is impeccable.
>
> As an example, a friend of mine uses them for his company also. Two years
> ago during the Raleigh ice storm. His office had no power.
> Hosted allowed their whole IT team to use a boardroom onsite to continue
> working. They had data and phones, lights, heat etc.
>
> We also looked at peak10 and Redundant Networks.
> Hosted bought redundant about a year ago, that is how they acquired the
> North Raleigh NOC.
>
> I give Hosted a two thumbs up!!
>
> Good Luck in your search.
>
> Shawn
>
>
>
>
> *Chris Bullock <cgbullock at yahoo.com>*
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> 12/02/2005 06:37 PM
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> I work in greenville nc and I seek the advice of fellow IT professionals.
>  We currently house our data on redundant servers in 2 different locations.
>  These 2 locations are in the same city.  I am looking for a place that we
> can rent rack space from.  I have the servers and I need rack space, AC,
> power, we can provide UPSs if needed, very large internet connection
> (>10mb/s.)   We are looking into the Raleigh or charlotte area.  We want to
> be able to seperate the servers geographically in case of natural disaster.
>  What options are there?
> Thanks,
> Chris
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