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[NowWhat?]

I found the following monthly fees:

$200 Full Relay rack escorted access
$200 1/3 Secure Cabinet unescorted Access
$300 1/2 Secure Cabinet unescorted access
$500 Full Secure Cabinet unescorted access


at http://www.tranxactglobal.com/colocation.html

and was wondering how those prices compare and how muchroom a full relay rack is vs. 1/3 secure cabinet (i.e. 1u, 6u whatever)

I am new to this terminology and appreciate the expertise and guidance offered here.

Thanks

[sgreene]

Full rack is usually ~42 Rack Units. 1 Rack unit is 1.75 Inches.

42/3 = 14U = 24.5 inches.
42/2 = 21U = 36.75 inches.
42U = 73.5 inches.

[NowWhat?]

Does escorted access mean physical access to the rack? (I assume this is what: "$200 Full Relay rack escorted access means")

If so is this really worth 2.5 times more per month?

thanks!

[sgreene]

escorted means that one of the datacenters staff has to be with you when doing work in the rack.

Unescorted is the opposite.

[NowWhat?]

Thanks - 1 more question - in terms of bandwidth what does "$125 / meg on 95% billing (1 meg minimum) " mean?

[Mrdredd]

Every megabit of bandwidth used you will be billed at $125.

95% explained: http://www.seanadams.com/95/