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    Average Price Range -- Colo Rack Space

    Lets assume you need 1/2 Cabinet of Rack space along with 1/Gig
    of Internet Access from a Tier 1 ISP which will route IP space
    you've obtained from ARIN directly. What would you estimate is
    the general price range to meet these requirements?

    I guess what I'm looking for is the cost of Cabinet space and
    internet access pricing. NOTE: That when I say Internet Access,
    I mean directly to an ISP that will allow BGP routing and not
    the 5 or 10 IP addresses some reseller might lease to you.

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    1/2 cabinet space won't cost you much at all. The Internet access will depend on the carrier you choose. Get a lot of quotes because prices can different drastically - like some being 2x or more than others. Also though consider both the uptime and quality of the provider's connection.

    Note that power, which you haven't mentioned, could very likely be the largest portion of your total costs. Redundant A/B power circuit pricing have *really* climbed in recent years.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sbradk View Post
    1/2 cabinet space won't cost you much at all. The Internet access will depend on the carrier you choose. Get a lot of quotes because prices can different drastically - like some being 2x or more than others. Also though consider both the uptime and quality of the provider's connection.

    Note that power, which you haven't mentioned, could very likely be the largest portion of your total costs. Redundant A/B power circuit pricing have *really* climbed in recent years.


    Why not put a UPS in the rack and save on buying redundant power?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Albyva View Post
    Why not put a UPS in the rack and save on buying redundant power?
    Redundant power is more than just battery power. A true redundant power will save you in case the power supply goes out, the in-cabinet PDU fails, the RPP/PDU fails, the UPS fails, the ATS fails, etc. With an in-cabinet UPS, you still face the above risks. Redundant power removes a lot of single points of failures. If your service is mission critical, it is worth paying for.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ColoUnlimited View Post
    Redundant power is more than just battery power. A true redundant power will save you in case the power supply goes out, the in-cabinet PDU fails, the RPP/PDU fails, the UPS fails, the ATS fails, etc. With an in-cabinet UPS, you still face the above risks. Redundant power removes a lot of single points of failures. If your service is mission critical, it is worth paying for.
    if the datacenter lost power, would the net connection go down anyway when their router fails?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hosttoast View Post
    if the datacenter lost power, would the net connection go down anyway when their router fails?
    In an ideal world, there should be multiple routers and those routers should be fed with redundant power. Even though there is utility power loss, the data center and network should be up as long as there wasn't another issue.

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    UPS' have very limited run times so that increases your exposure to issues with more than a few minutes of power outage. Also, you may need to invest quite a lot in UPS' depending on your draw - quite likely multiple UPS' per rack.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sbradk View Post
    UPS' have very limited run times so that increases your exposure to issues with more than a few minutes of power outage. Also, you may need to invest quite a lot in UPS' depending on your draw - quite likely multiple UPS' per rack.


    It makes you wonder if buying colo space is worth it. Seems like
    a better alternative might be to buy a plot of land, put a trailer
    on it with a gas powered generator, and call it a day.

    I suppose the only issue with that plan is the ability to obtain
    high speed internet access. I suppose a plot near a telco CO might
    be the best option.

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    Where is it located? That could vary the average prices of the racks as well and the features within the data center.

    If there is 24x7 support/monitoring/security etc, generators... A lot of varying factors.
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    Why on earth would you be providing your own UPS's when a "proper" datacentre will do this all for you, in an N+1 or greater configuration?

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeteK View Post
    Why on earth would you be providing your own UPS's when a "proper" datacentre will do this all for you, in an N+1 or greater configuration?
    Just seeing if being cheap is cheaper.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Albyva View Post
    Just seeing if being cheap is cheaper.
    What does this even mean?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Techy View Post
    What does this even mean?


    ....just pondering if racking up a UPS would be cheaper than
    buying redundant power in the data center. But then the issue
    boils down to time. Will the center's power come back before
    the UPS dies?

    In the end, its risk equation. Aren't most data centers located
    right off the main transmission lines from the power company?
    What are the odds of an outage? Better yet, who can testify to
    being colo'd at a data center in which the power has gone out
    for hours on end and how often has that happened?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Albyva View Post
    ....just pondering if racking up a UPS would be cheaper than
    buying redundant power in the data center. But then the issue
    boils down to time. Will the center's power come back before
    the UPS dies?
    If the DC has a UPS they may not allow you to install one...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Albyva View Post
    ....just pondering if racking up a UPS would be cheaper than
    buying redundant power in the data center. But then the issue
    boils down to time. Will the center's power come back before
    the UPS dies?

    In the end, its risk equation. Aren't most data centers located
    right off the main transmission lines from the power company?
    What are the odds of an outage? Better yet, who can testify to
    being colo'd at a data center in which the power has gone out
    for hours on end and how often has that happened?
    Power is already redundant at any decent facility. Any decent facility already provides a UPS and generator backup. A+B means you get *two* power feeds, *each* of which is being fed by a different UPS and generator. Being cheap, just go with the "A" feed.

    Also, you should *never* hook up UPS systems in series like this. Since your datacenter is providing a UPS, you should *never* hook up another UPS to a UPS-protected power feed. In the case of power issues, both UPS's will confuse each other, switching on and off in reaction to one another, and potentially destroying one or the other or both UPS's. Absolutely do not use a UPS inside a datacenter *unless* they have verified 100% that they are not providing UPS-protected power.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Albyva View Post
    Lets assume you need 1/2 Cabinet of Rack space along with 1/Gig
    of Internet Access from a Tier 1 ISP which will route IP space
    you've obtained from ARIN directly
    A 1Gb/s CDR will vary in price depending on the provider - if sticking only to Tier-1's expect anything from 75c/Mbs to 10$/Mbs
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    Quote Originally Posted by othellotech View Post
    A 1Gb/s CDR will vary in price depending on the provider - if sticking only to Tier-1's expect anything from 75c/Mbs to 10$/Mbs
    I would not know a Tier-1 that charges only $0,75 / mbps on a 1 Gbps CDR. Maybe you can list some ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by swiftnoc View Post
    I would not know a Tier-1 that charges only $0,75 / mbps on a 1 Gbps CDR. Maybe you can list some ?
    He.net recently quoted me 60c/mb for 1G flat rate and im' sure I could negotiate 75c/mb for 1G flat rate with cogent
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    Quote Originally Posted by connected2 View Post
    He.net recently quoted me 60c/mb for 1G flat rate and im' sure I could negotiate 75c/mb for 1G flat rate with cogent
    Both are not Tier-1 but Tier-2
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    Quote Originally Posted by swiftnoc View Post
    Both are not Tier-1 but Tier-2


    Agreed.. Tier 1 providers are typically telcos who own the fiber
    in the ground that runs coast to coast. Whereas Tier 2 ISPs
    still have to lease dedicated lines from Verizon, ATT, Level 3, etc...


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_...ier_1_networks
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    yes, but who wants a capped 1g port? its useless, and you end up paying more than that per meg because you can only realistically use approx 750-800mbps before getting quality of service issues.

    so that $.75/mbps for 1g flat is actually $.94 - $1/Meg, and you then also have to deal with trying to balance traffic across multiple tiny 1Gbps links.

    NO Thanks!


    Pricing for 1Gbps CDR on a 10Gbps port for both of those providers is all higher than what you are quoting above.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CGotzmann View Post
    yes, but who wants a capped 1g port? its useless, and you end up paying more than that per meg because you can only realistically use approx 750-800mbps before getting quality of service issues.

    so that $.75/mbps for 1g flat is actually $.94 - $1/Meg,
    Agreed
    Quote Originally Posted by CGotzmann View Post
    and you then also have to deal with trying to balance traffic across multiple tiny 1Gbps links.

    NO Thanks!


    Pricing for 1Gbps CDR on a 10Gbps port for both of those providers is all higher than what you are quoting above.
    OP only wants 1*GE plus thats what BGP or LAG is for. Yea well OFC

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    Quote Originally Posted by CGotzmann View Post
    yes, but who wants a capped 1g port? its useless, and you end up paying more than that per meg because you can only realistically use approx 750-800mbps before getting quality of service issues.

    so that $.75/mbps for 1g flat is actually $.94 - $1/Meg, and you then also have to deal with trying to balance traffic across multiple tiny 1Gbps links.

    NO Thanks!


    Pricing for 1Gbps CDR on a 10Gbps port for both of those providers is all higher than what you are quoting above.
    I agree here definitely. We've been dealing with this ourselves. Getting your first port as a 1g unmetered for $600 is well and good, *maybe* even your second port, but pretty soon you'll really wish you weren't doing this. We were up to 6 ports with HE.net at one point, and you can only get 4 into a LAG with them, so we had 4 for inbound and outbound, 2 for outbound only, and had to load balance the two link aggregations. Then keep in mind that a 3 port LAG doesn't balance evenly, it will be 3-3-2 on balancing traffic, giving you a maximum of 2.66gbps before you start to max out 2 of the 3 lines. And then of course, you're paying for bandwidth you don't need, and if you ever need more, you have the lead time of trying to set up another line and negotiate pricing and get a cross connect up. It SUCKS. For your first gig, maybe ok. Beyond that, I would absolutely prefer a small commit on a 10g line. Or if you can't get that, get a 2x1g or 4x1g bonded connection with a <50% commit as that will be far better.
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    A Tier1 ISP is not going to route your own IP block for you. You need your own BGP router.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FastServ View Post
    A Tier1 ISP is not going to route your own IP block for you. You need your own BGP router.


    Yes and No. A Tier 1 ISP should have no issue routing your
    IP network via BGP (assuming you also have your own ASN). You
    do need a router to be the gateway between your network and
    the ISP, so that all becomes a question on if that network
    design is available to most colo clients.

    What I've seen is that some Colo businesses allow a direct link
    between an ISP and your equipment. I've seen others that attempt
    to be the middle man between a Tier 1 ISP and you, thus dictating
    what you can and cannot do with regards to routing. Some don't allow
    BGP because they want to force you into using their limited ISPs or
    to pay more for extra space. Whereas if you can establish a BGP link,
    you can announce much more IP space, assuming you've obtain direct
    allocations from ARIN (or RIPE/APNIC/LATNIC for those overseas)

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