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07-09-2012, 08:41 AM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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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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07-09-2012, 09:20 AM #2Junior Guru Wannabe
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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.███ OrcsWeb: Managed Windows Hosting -> Remarkable Service; Remarkable Support.
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07-09-2012, 10:06 AM #3Junior Guru Wannabe
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07-09-2012, 01:39 PM #4Junior Guru
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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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07-09-2012, 02:25 PM #5WHT Addict
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07-09-2012, 02:31 PM #6Junior Guru
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07-09-2012, 10:11 AM #7Junior Guru Wannabe
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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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07-09-2012, 10:18 AM #8Junior Guru Wannabe
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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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07-09-2012, 10:15 AM #9Web Hosting Master
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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.Doug
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07-09-2012, 10:57 AM #10Junior Guru
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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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07-09-2012, 11:01 AM #11Junior Guru Wannabe
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07-09-2012, 11:03 AM #12Web Hosting Master
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07-09-2012, 11:18 AM #13Junior Guru Wannabe
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....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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07-10-2012, 01:28 PM #15
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.IOFLOOD.com -- We Love Servers
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07-10-2012, 08:11 AM #20Junior Guru Wannabe
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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_networksLast edited by Albyva; 07-10-2012 at 08:19 AM.
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07-09-2012, 06:44 PM #21Web Hosting Master
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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.
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07-10-2012, 01:33 PM #23
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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07-09-2012, 07:56 PM #24Randy
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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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07-09-2012, 08:44 PM #25Junior Guru Wannabe
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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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