[BBLISA] I need a colocation for 10 or perhaps 12 1U machines

[Dean Anderson]

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Dima wrote:
> 
> Dean, thanks a lot for your help.
> 
> I think I need to ask a corrected question: 
> 
> How do I find a colocation in Boston area?

Good question. I just "know" from having been around.  "knowing too much"  
can be a bad thing--I've never had to find anything like this through ads.  
So I don't have any idea where should I advertise, or where to find others
advertisements.... Most of my customers are word-of-mouth referrals.

Contact Internap at www.internap.com. They are physically located in the 
Somerville industrial park off Washington St. as you drive towards 
Charlestown. Call the sales folks, and they'll arrange tour, etc. I don't 
think there are walk ins.

Contact Boston Datacenters at www.bostondatacenters.com. They are 
physically located in the old Hood Plant in Charlestown.  They are on the 
first floor, sort of around the back. They have offices onsite, and do 
walk-ins. Labeling at the Hood plant (its a multi-tenant building) isn't 
the best, so you have to search a bit for the offices.

Contact Exodus through Savvis, www.savvis.net (exodus.net points to
Savvis). They are physically located on Second Ave in Waltham. (roughly
Winter-Wyman and 128) I don't think they do walk-in's either.

Basespace is Alex Aminoff--you know. www.basespace.net.  Alex is in 
Cambridge.

Me, you know, too.  We can put stuff in Cambridge (close to Watertown
line), Charlestown, and Waltham.

> Prices you mention are fine and I will gladly pay
> them, but where can I find them?

Judging by the websites, some have prices, some don't. You usually have to
call sales droids to find out.  I usually find them out when my customers
tell me what others offered. Or I run into someone, and they give me a run
down.

> Is there any sort of the registry somewhere? Is
> there anyway to find a colo site, if you do not
> know one beforehand? 
> 
> Is there anything in Metrowest, preferably near
> intersection of 495 and 9 and Turnpike?

Towardex is out west there somewhere. I forgot about them. They are a good
place, too.  www.towardex.com--I just checked, and they have prices on the
website.

		--Dean

> On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Dean Anderson wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, 27 Nov 2004, Dima wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi, there,
> > > 
> > > Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
> > > 
> > > Can somebody please help me with my colocation
> > > needs? It's me and again, I know. Sorry. 
> > > 
> > > I finally found a good cluster, consisting from 10
> > > 1U dual Opterons. When I tried to find a home for
> > > this cluster, I was surprised to see extremely
> > > high prices for even modest U intervals. It almost
> > > looks like 42U costs more than 42x1U. And it comes
> > > with only 20 Amps of power.
> > 
> > You should be able to find full and half rack spaces at a variety of sites
> > around Boston.  Most "deals" on 1U boxes are $99/mo.  A half rack is
> > usually in the neighborhood of $300-$750/mo with full racks usually being
> > 2x-delta.  ($500 - $1200). Both these are much less than 42 x 1U or 21 x
> > 1U.  Price varies depending on power, UPS, generator requirements.  
> > 
> > 20 Amps 120v should (just barely, but enough) be able to run 10 or 12 1U
> > boxes. I'd say if it doesn't, you probably can't stack them 1U, 20 amps is
> > 2400 VA, and desktop power supplies are usually rated for 300VA max.  I'd
> > bet your 1U jobs are 150 or 200--check to find out.  And you usually don't
> > draw max except on powerup; Fix that problem with an APC powerswitch with
> > will stagger the power-on.
> > 
> > 
> > We do this sort of thing at reasonable prices. But so does Boston
> > Datacenters (my old boss Bill Southworth and Vin Bono), Exodus, Internap,
> > Basespace and others, etc.  We really only offer one thing they don't:  
> > We can spread things around to different sites, with different upstream
> > connections on different sites. Nothing is single-site vulnerable.
> > 
> > 		--Dean
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > I was wondering if somebody can direct me towards
> > > good colocation shop. I don't need anything
> > > special. I just need to work on this cluster
> > > before it will go in production. My house will not
> > > survive power load.
> > > 
> > > If you know any not-so-expensive colocation shop -
> > > please send me a name or URL or phone number.
> > > 
> > > Please!!!
> > > 
> > > --------------
> > > 
> > > Dimitri (Dima) Shcherban
> > > 
> > >               Phone: 800-445-2588+3+36955
> > >                  or: 508-898-6955
> > >     Westborough ext: [823]-36955
> > > 
> > > 
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> Dimitri (Dima) Shcherban
> 
>               Phone: 800-445-2588+3+36955
>                  or: 508-898-6955
>     Westborough ext: [823]-36955
>            Cellular: 508-889-4918
>               email: dima at emc.com
> 
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