[olug] colocate options in the Omaha area?

[Will Langford]

Given typical colocation costs, depending on dependability needed, it might
be feasible to get a dedicated connection from say, Cox or Qwest.  Although
if you need dedicated clean power and airconditioning... and 24x7 access or
similar... a facility would be more appropriate.

Otherwise, I believe Cox dedicated business in Bellevue is around $100 a
month for 1mbit up / 12mbit down.... and who knows, might have better
price/bw ratio.  NeNet.net might possibly be a better option depending on
space/bw pricings.

A more plausible solution might be something from colopronto or any other
cheap colocation facility -- and shipping two servers with raid & high
availability.  This way if something dies can cross ship a replacement.

I currently pay around ~150 a month for a 10mbit unmetered connection server
with a quad coreduo, 2gb of ram, raid1'd 250gb hd's.  They also offer an
interesting ssh <> serial console gateway for oh fsck situations.  They're
in/near San Jose tho.  They also (freely i believe) fix any hardware
failures.

Having a machine you can touch is nice, but really.... if it's a public
facing server, ya shouldn't be playing with it too much :).

-Will

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:48 PM, Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at cox.net> wrote:

> On Wednesday 30 July 2008 16:13:23 Adam Haeder wrote:
> > What is everyone's suggestions for locally operated co-location
> facilities
> > in the immediate area? I get asked this quite a bit, and other than the
> > big guys (like CoSentry) I don't know much about the smaller offerings.
> If
> > I'm a small-time business and just need to put a box somewhere, who
> should
> > I call?
>
> This question pops up every three months or so.   So let me ask this?  What
> do
> you need?
>
> 1 Security
>  a biometrics and man trap
>  b badged room
>  c locked door
>
> 2. Power
>  a. Conditioned
>  b. OPPD Surge Supressor
>  c. APC Unit
>  d. Hey Martha, grab me a another drop cord.
>
> 3. Access
>  a. 24x7x365
>  b. business hours
>  c. call the owner to get let in. if he's not too busy.
>
> 4. UPS
>  a. Natural Gas Generator
>  b. 1 hour on battery
>  c. I'll take my chances
>
> 5. Bandwidth
>  Fill in your traffic per month here.
>
> Hosting a hobbyist box could simply be covering the power costs,  Hosting
> someone's company email server requires bandwidth, good power, and other
> infrastructure with costs that need to be recovered.
>
> One of the responses to the OP mentions a "community co-lo".  What kind of
> requirements does that beasty have?   Someone's back office, a rack at
> Co-Sentry or somewhere in between?   How much a month are you willing to
> spend for a community colo membership?
>
> If we have target, something might develop.....
>
> Dave Thacker
>
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> >
> > --
> > Adam Haeder
> > Vice President of Information Technology
> > AIM Institute
> > 1905 Harney Street, Suite 700
> > Omaha, NE 68102
> > 402-345-5025 x115
> > adamh at aiminstitute.org
> > www.aiminstitute.org
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