Re: [asterisk-biz] OT: Co-location vs Build Out Insight

Its interesting that most people prefer colo. I dont know why but I'm afraid of trusting other people with my operations or data. The thought of the colo employee, sending out millions of voip calls from my box perhapse. How did you guys over come this fear? or am I just being too paranoid?

 

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Stephane Bakhos <voip-asterisk@maximumcrm.com> wrote:

Yes, we use these in our most critical servers.


On Tue, 7 Apr 2009, ContactTel Business wrote:

> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 20:29:10 -0400
> From: ContactTel Business <lists@contacttel.com>

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> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] OT: Co-location vs Build Out Insight
>
> Steph, you talking about
> http://www.ami.com/products/product.cfm?CatID=4&SubID=32&prodid=196 ?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Stephane Bakhos
> Sent: April-07-09 7:52 PM
> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] OT: Co-location vs Build Out Insight
>
> If you are starting out in business colocation is usually the cheapest
> option. you won't have to worry about all of the hassle related to running
> an actual data center.
>
> There are a lot of colocation providers out there, unfortunately the
> various experiences I had only proved that cost is not the best metric for
> reliability.
>
> I do however recommend that you have in house technical staff and not to
> rely on the staff of whichever colocation center you select. Or at the
> very least make sure you work with a dependable contractor that can
> respond to emergencies.
>
> If that isn't an option, invest in a lights-out remote management card to
> plug your server in (www.ami.com has some ok ones).
>
> On Tue, 7 Apr 2009, Max Clark wrote:
>
>> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 16:27:34 -0700
>> From: Max Clark <max.clark@gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
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>> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
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>> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] OT: Co-location vs Build Out Insight
>>
>> There are a lot of pieces to this puzzle. Examples:
>>
>> - For some companies the $1,000/sq foot average construction costs
>> keep the idea of building an in house datacenter off the table.
>> - For small (100 sq foot) installations it's reasonable to purchase a
>> medium sized UPS and HVAC for the computer room - the nightmare is
>> getting a generator installed and a permit for the exhaust and fuel
>> storage.
>> - Even installing fiber into your office
>> (http://www.phyber.com/ip/#ontap) doesn't give you the rapid scale of
>> being able to order new GigE/10Gig circuits overnight at a colo.
>>
>> How much would it cost your business per hour of downtime? Could you
>> survive if you lost service to your building for two days?
>>
>> For most it is way easier/cheaper to colocate the equipment.
>>
>> -Max
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