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

[Steve Williams]

Level(3)'s site is the same building as Hosted Solutions (the former
Redundant Networks data center).  That site is likely the most robust center
in the area (originally built by Relera with dot-com $$ - whose motto must
have been "if 2 are redundant, let's put in 4").  I'd be willing to bet that
the Hosted Solutions outages you reference were in the (less robust) Cary
site.  I have not seen Hosted's Charlotte site.

Peak10's sites in Charlotte and Raleigh are nice (Raleigh's is nicer - built
by Interpath).  Sungard (formerly Inflow) also has a nice facility on Miami
Blvd.  TW-Telecom also offers hosting space in at least 2 sites in the
Raleigh area.

-Steve


On 12/3/05, Steve Hoffman <srhoffman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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>*
> > Sent by: TNTUG-discussion at yahoogroups.com
> >
> > 12/02/2005 06:37 PM
> > Please respond to TNTUG-discussion
> >
> >         To:        tntug-discussion at yahoogroups.com, trilug trilug <
> > trilug at trilug.org>
> >         cc:
> >         Subject:        [TNTUG-discussion] co location of servers
> >
> >
> > 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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