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08-21-2002, 02:46 PM #1Disabled
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What is your favorite Datacenter, and why?
I'm on the lookout for a new datacenter to put my boxes at. So I'm in search of opinions.
Which datacenter do you favor the most?
Aspects to consider.
Price.
Location.
Security.
Reliability.
Support.
And please voice your opinion on some of these aspects if you can. Thank you in advance.
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08-21-2002, 04:30 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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lol colo...
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08-21-2002, 04:36 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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If i owned a hosting company, i would have gone with RackSpace San Antanio. Isnt that cheap but very stable
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08-21-2002, 05:02 PM #4Web Hosting Master
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I like and we have had good experiences with NAC and Colo4Dallas.
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08-21-2002, 05:04 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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Colo4Dallas is good.
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08-21-2002, 05:13 PM #6Disabled
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Any of you heard of Telehouse, or IDTs place of operations?
If so, what do you think of them?
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08-21-2002, 05:22 PM #7Junior Guru
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I'm very pleased with Hurricane Electric... the fact that they have a gigE line going to PAIX, less than a mile away from my house, doesn't hurt
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08-21-2002, 05:55 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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In my country ( England ) , Telehouse has a very nice Data-Center in Docklands, London - Best place to be
NAC is good
InterNAP is Extreamly good !!Unlimited Space & Bandwidth
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08-21-2002, 06:23 PM #9WHT Forum Royalty
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Prior to our own, and IF I didn't require ourselves to be within minutes of the Data Center, I would have chosen RackSpace.com
I've always admired RackSpace and have heard many compliments from those located there.FutureQuest.net
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08-21-2002, 06:39 PM #10Aspiring Evangelist
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What about GlobalCompass or anyone else in 56marietta? I've always thought that 56marietta was the best place to be.
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08-21-2002, 06:42 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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I think if you want the best of the best then any Inflow datacenter is the best place to be. Unfortunately their pricing is not always compatible with business plans
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08-21-2002, 06:52 PM #12Web Hosting Master
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http://www.meadgroup.com/ very nice facility. I have quotes for them around here somewhere.
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08-21-2002, 06:54 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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voxtreme-matt,
How reliable is NAC? I know you are using it. How often do you have server problems? Downtimes. Just want to know. How often are the servers at NAC, for you at least, have to be restarted?
Also. I MAY be wrong but does burst has anything to do with NAC?
Thanks.
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08-21-2002, 09:14 PM #14Web Hosting Evangelist
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Pihana Pacific is a good choice, not the cheapest around though. Sometimes they have specials $850/mo for a full rack.
You will find their datacenters on the west coast and in Japan.I like to help
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08-21-2002, 09:32 PM #15Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by WebmastTroy
What about GlobalCompass or anyone else in 56marietta? I've always thought that 56marietta was the best place to be.
They've done some big enhancements to their network:
http://www.globalcompass.com/network.htm
check out their bw graphs:
http://www.globalcompass.com/network-stats.htm
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08-21-2002, 09:58 PM #16Web Hosting Master
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Another impossible best question....
Depends on your answer to several questions....
Who is your target customer?
What is your level of experience?
Here, we see almost all the problems of any center exposed and sometimes lose perspective. For instance, no one mentioned DV2. Yet, I have servers with well over 100 days of uptime and have never been unable to reach any server I have there. No one has yet mentioned VO, but they also have a good reputation. Likewise, no one mentions Rackshack. Yet, they played a major role in lowering the pricing for all of us, regardless of where we are. And, for the right situation, they provide a true value. Other centers like Exchange in San Francisco and SDColo provide excellent service, but don't have many users here on the board. Rackshack has an impeccable reputation. Yet, for certain uses would be cost prohibitive.
Guess what I am saying is there is no perfect data center, but there are many excellent ones. To determine the one most appropriate for your use, you must first define your use and then evaluate against your requirements. For instance, Dixiesys and Deb decided they wanted if close at hand and have been very happy with their decisions. I, on the other hand, use centers throughout the country. Also, some centers may be great for a while and then deteriorate. Just don't get misled by the negatives on this board, as many of us are quite happy with our providers.
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08-21-2002, 10:01 PM #17Web Hosting Guru
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08-22-2002, 01:06 AM #18Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by PhilKali
Any of you heard of Telehouse, or IDTs place of operations?
If so, what do you think of them?
but if you can afford it. Go to Equinix, rent your own cage and place everything for self management. Expensive on the floor space but you have access to every real tier 1, tier2, and tier3 carrier ( AOL is a tier 2 or 3 I forgot ) and you can get some good peering arangement if you got a atleast 1 gigabit of transit ( about 1 solid oc -48's worth of transit ) or some very specific local transit then you don't need so much.
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08-22-2002, 01:14 AM #19Web Hosting Master
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He.net =)
Nac I had very good network uptime
DV2 is promising as a stable network
But my money is on my own database under my desk =)dotGig
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08-22-2002, 01:15 AM #20Eternal Member
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Other then ours,
Equinx , now that is sweet.---------------------
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08-22-2002, 01:23 AM #21Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by JBIZ718
Other then ours,
Equinx , now that is sweet.
plus if I reclal right you are in one of there cages.
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08-22-2002, 01:38 AM #22Junior Guru Wannabe
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My experience w/ INetU has been great. Their datacenter is 25 mins from me and I visited it twice... Very nice complex. Not cheap, not expensive, just right.
VERY friendly people on the phone to talk to...
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08-22-2002, 01:59 AM #23Web Hosting Evangelist
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verio sterling
I'd have to say the most impressive DC i've seen is the Verio premier datacenter in sterling.
Im taking a tour of ATT tomorrow, but i don't think they can come close.
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08-22-2002, 03:01 AM #24Eternal Member
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Equinix is relativly expensive on a per rack charge or per cage charge. But keep in mind where you make up on the savings is the 60-70 carriers that are centralled in there datacenter.
Plus it is 100% neutral and premium. I do not have space there but have a few servers at a company called www.servercentral.net
One thing with equinix is though it may be more expensive you will never worry about power or connectivity in there.
U pay for what you get.---------------------
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08-22-2002, 04:26 AM #25Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by AceWeb
voxtreme-matt,
How reliable is NAC? I know you are using it. How often do you have server problems? Downtimes. Just want to know. How often are the servers at NAC, for you at least, have to be restarted?
Also. I MAY be wrong but does burst has anything to do with NAC?
Thanks.
Server reliability isn't really related to NAC, we've all had hds go bad, etc, but this is a hardware and not NAC issue.
For us, servers are restarted on a pretty infrequent basis, normally because we have no need to.
Burst, as far as I'm aware, doesn't have anything to do with NAC.Matthew Russell | Namecheap
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