[nycbug-talk] Colocation providers in the NYC area

[Charles Sprickman]

One thing that might make a difference (besides your budget) is how much 
space you need.

If you just need a few servers, that is one tough nut to crack on a modest 
budget.  If you need a full rack, the market is much larger (and more 
affordable on a per rack-unit basis).

I asked the same thing some time ago, and like you I ended up with most of 
my options being in Texas.  Even that was not the best deal for just two 
servers, so I ended up hitting up another business/friend that has a rack 
at NAC.net that was not totally full.  That worked out well, since it's 
going to be a barter situation. :)  I also like the idea of not being 
smack dab in the middle of the city should there be any future calamaties 
there.

Charles

On Thu, 16 Oct 2008, Matt Juszczak wrote:

> I'm researching co-location providers in the New York City area.  Most
> dedicated hosting providers are in Texas (or at least outside of this
> area), so I'd like to limit this to co-location.  There are two types of
> providers I'm researching:
>
> 1) Strictly co-location -- we drop the hardware off, we manage it, the
> company just simply provides the power, data center, bandwidth, etc.  24/7
> access would be a must.
>
> 2) I'm not sure if this exists, and if it would even be cost-effective,
> but I informed my boss that I would at least try.  Somewhat of "Managed
> Co-Location" - all of #1, but on top of that, management of the servers as
> well.  I informed him that most co-location companies don't have NOCs that
> will manage things at a software level (a service usually limited to
> managed hosting companies like Rackspace, The Planet, etc. that also
> provide the servers). I also feel would probably be better to just hire
> contractors and/or full timers to run the co-located equipment.  BUT -- if
> "managed co-location" does indeed exist in the NYC, and it's cost
> effective, I'd love to hear about it.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Matt
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