High Density Colocation In Bayarea
Jul 2, 2009Anyone know of a good high-density (power) Data Center in the Bay Area (CA) ? need to host blade-chassis and SAN gear
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High Density Rack/colocation (~10 KW/rack)
Dec 6, 2007With all the high power servers/blade servers, the 40A (@ 110V) power limit is way too small. I am wondering if there is any colo space targeted for high density application, e.g. with 10 KW/cab limit for 60A @ 208V power drops. Does anybody know of such high density colocation space? East coast is preferred.
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Oct 28, 2008if I co-located in a 44U cabinet and I loaded it with 44 X 1U Rackmount servers so that the entire cabinet was full. Would all my servers fail/crash from touching one another due to over heating? Or would you say typically in a cooled datacenter with a hot and cold row setup this would not beca problem. The datacenter will let me add more amps per cabinet but their cabinets are only 44U. Has anyone attempted to do this? I hear rackable systems can do it but I plan on using 1u supermicro servers.
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Jul 22, 2008What are you guys using for cheap storage for backups? Tape won't work for me because I have a lot of data to be incremented every night and it all needs to be accessible 24x7 without my intervention. From what I understand about tapes (never used them) they aren't the best for getting what you need quickly.
Right now I am able to get cost per gigabyte down to 47 cents per useable gigabyte (factoring in two drives lost to a raid 6 and 90% format overhead), or about 37 cents per gigabyte for total capacity. I can achieve this by throwing a nice quad core xeon and like 4gb of memory and a nice 3ware card into a 24 drive bay supermicro system, and have the os run on a separate raid 1 on a separate card. It would be a pretty nice setup.
On the other hand, I looked at dell's powervault or whatever the storage devices are, the MD series, and things worked out to be 50.3 cents per useable gigabyte, or 42.3 cents per gigabyte for total capacity. And thats headless -- not including the actual server to interface with the 30 disk array. So that makes no sense financially, AND thats assuming that I am able to order it blank with no drives and buy my own drives, avoiding dells ridiculous 650-700$ pricing for terabyte drives.
Is there a better way to achieve low cost storage, that doesn't exactly have to be lightning fast? I only need to run rsyncs to it. I can't imagine that building a server with the array inside of it is cheaper than buying a stand alone enclosure or system for storage...not even iscsi or anything, just eSATA or something.
High Server Load / High Swap / Lots Of Httpd
Feb 20, 2008I have a cPanel server with 4GB RAM
My server hangs time to time, once or twice a day. This is the last status when it happens.
Server Load 75.90 (2 cpus)
Memory Used 92 %
Swap Used 65.78 %
When I was still inside SSH when it happens, the processes I can see inside "top" are a lot of httpd processes.
So I "killall -9 httpd", I had to do it 30~40 times
#killall -9 httpd
#killall -9 httpd
#killall -9 httpd
x 30~40 times until no pid process found & the server load is back to normal.
Before that, I check httpd fullstatus, they look very normal, same goes to what I see inside WHM Apache status & cpu usage status.
At first I thought it was a memory problem after consulting with a server admin, so I replaced all 4GB new ram stick (such a waste)
Plesk 12.x / Linux :: High Memory Usage - Swap So High
Nov 14, 2014This is my free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 1998 1903 95 0 45 542
-/+ buffers/cache: 1315 683
Swap: 2662 36 2625
Not good ....
I got 5 wordpress and 5 statics website on this server and 100 visitors by 24H00 each day.
Question 1 : Why the memory is so low and the swap so high ?
Question 2 : Why i don't find high usage process in top command ?
Question 3 How can i resolve this problem ?
My Server Is Very Slow, High CPU, High Apache Load
Oct 31, 2009My server is very slow, High CPU, High Apache load....
I got a new server and i had setup a script on it.
No server tweaks has been done.
I run a filehosting site so it gets very slow when traffic is high.
Here is some info:
Code:
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
4135 filedip 19 0 12812 8892 2212 R 18.9 0.4 0:00.74 index.cgi
3140 apache 15 0 22624 9604 2768 S 17.3 0.5 1:54.45 httpd
3556 apache 15 0 22792 9592 2768 S 17.3 0.5 0:43.53 httpd
3739 apache 15 0 22672 9556 2744 S 17.3 0.5 1:09.67 httpd
3884 apache 15 0 22664 9560 2744 S 17.3 0.5 0:23.98 httpd
3474 apache 15 0 22672 9572 2756 R 16.1 0.5 1:34.09 httpd
3548 apache 15 0 22792 9560 2740 S 16.1 0.5 1:33.67 httpd
3991 apache 15 0 22640 9588 2756 S 15.1 0.5 0:22.44 httpd
3475 apache 15 0 22672 9580 2756 S 13.2 0.5 1:31.42 httpd
3493 apache 15 0 22664 9592 2768 S 12.9 0.5 1:15.52 httpd
3769 apache 15 0 22664 9580 2756 S 12.9 0.5 0:45.19 httpd
3638 apache 15 0 22664 9576 2756 S 12.3 0.5 0:32.82 httpd
3724 apache 16 0 22664 9580 2756 R 12.3 0.5 0:34.25 httpd
3626 apache 15 0 22672 9580 2756 S 11.7 0.5 0:52.54 httpd
4023 apache 16 0 22792 9560 2740 R 11.3 0.5 0:13.16 httpd
3882 apache 15 0 22664 9576 2756 S 10.1 0.5 0:38.56 httpd
3005 apache 15 0 22672 9588 2768 R 9.1 0.5 2:06.61 httpd
I dont know much about server managment...
how to fix this so server doesnt go slow?
Server High Load/high Mysql Usage
Jul 2, 2009I have a site that is eating up my server resources and need to know what the best solution for this is. I'm thinking of getting another server just for mysql but do not know what specs the server should be to handle the current traffic/database load and have the site run smoothly without slowing down to a snail's pace.
An alternative is to get another server just for the videos being served and leave the database and html on the current server. This is where I'm stuck and don't know what route to take with this.
My current server stats:
Dual Xeon 5130
4GB RAM
250GB
50 Mbit/sec
CentOS 3.9
Website traffic stats:
15,000 visitors/day
150,000 pageviews/day
Serving videos
I've attached screenshots of top and bandwidth usage per day. Hopefully with this information you could tell me if I need another server or if there are any things I can do to the current server to help things move faster.
High Load From High Iowait
Jul 2, 2008I am running in a High load problem lately. I have one of those cheap 1and1 servers which was running fine until 2 weeks ago. Once I rebooted accidentaly, it did not come back with some unrepairable kernel errors and I had to re-image it.
I chose to reimage the server with CentOS 5, for better support. The new re-image worked fine for some days, at least so I thought and now I am having high loads. The server crashes if not monitored every moment as the load is unpredictable.
Just a restart of the Apache will bring the server back to normality, but I am not sure if it is apache or some other script to be blamed.
I have beeing monitoring through apache server-status, but I cannot organize something unusual in the high load moments.
At this moment for example:
top - 09:00:36 up 15:43, 3 users, load average: 3.57, 4.60, 5.32
Tasks: 144 total, 2 running, 142 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 10.6%us, 6.5%sy, 0.0%ni, 18.7%id, 63.5%wa, 0.2%hi, 0.5%si, 0.0%st
12:00:29 AM CPU %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle
12:10:01 AM all 9.14 0.00 5.52 44.66 0.00 40.68
12:20:14 AM all 6.83 0.00 3.98 27.88 0.00 61.32
12:30:10 AM all 6.44 0.00 4.20 81.25 0.00 8.11
12:40:09 AM all 5.25 0.00 4.09 81.93 0.00 8.73
12:50:15 AM all 5.11 0.00 3.79 90.74 0.00 0.36
01:00:07 AM all 7.22 0.00 4.52 57.11 0.00 31.15
01:10:13 AM all 6.89 0.00 4.01 55.38 0.00 33.71
01:20:14 AM all 4.37 0.00 3.27 41.88 0.00 50.48
01:30:25 AM all 4.26 0.00 3.29 63.42 0.00 29.03
01:40:06 AM all 27.18 0.00 4.75 58.27 0.00 9.80
01:50:03 AM all 29.64 0.00 6.61 51.50 0.00 12.25
02:00:07 AM all 27.00 0.00 8.48 55.49 0.00 9.03
02:10:10 AM all 19.29 0.00 4.97 73.80 0.00 1.94
02:20:04 AM all 37.85 0.00 6.78 40.70 0.00 14.67
02:30:05 AM all 15.65 0.00 4.80 68.47 0.00 11.08
02:40:08 AM all 9.06 0.00 5.60 37.49 0.00 47.86
02:50:07 AM all 5.36 0.00 3.62 42.29 0.00 48.73
03:00:02 AM all 6.05 0.00 4.08 47.27 0.00 42.60
03:10:02 AM all 4.22 0.00 3.68 38.17 0.00 53.93
03:20:02 AM all 4.06 0.00 3.75 41.37 0.00 50.82
03:30:22 AM all 4.42 0.00 3.93 45.25 0.00 46.41
03:40:11 AM all 4.34 0.00 3.95 39.58 0.00 52.13
03:50:02 AM all 4.67 0.00 4.01 32.53 0.00 58.80
04:00:08 AM all 3.72 0.00 3.87 28.40 0.00 64.02
04:10:02 AM all 13.49 0.00 6.58 20.82 0.00 59.10
04:20:01 AM all 6.70 0.00 4.63 6.06 0.00 82.61
04:30:02 AM all 1.44 0.00 1.21 4.75 0.00 92.59
04:40:01 AM all 12.42 0.00 8.12 7.65 0.00 71.81
04:50:02 AM all 1.43 0.00 1.07 4.02 0.00 93.47
05:00:02 AM all 1.60 0.00 1.40 8.62 0.00 88.38
05:10:10 AM all 3.80 0.00 3.02 17.86 0.00 75.32
05:20:06 AM all 5.10 0.00 4.22 23.34 0.00 67.34
05:30:02 AM all 1.54 0.00 1.40 11.22 0.00 85.85
05:40:05 AM all 1.75 0.00 1.89 13.12 0.00 83.23
05:50:12 AM all 2.15 0.00 2.22 18.92 0.00 76.72
06:00:02 AM all 1.92 0.00 2.01 12.87 0.00 83.20
06:10:02 AM all 2.27 0.00 2.16 11.53 0.00 84.04
06:20:03 AM all 3.56 0.00 3.02 25.26 0.00 68.16
06:30:10 AM all 2.66 0.00 2.05 18.13 0.00 77.16
06:40:02 AM all 2.58 0.00 2.25 22.87 0.00 72.30
06:50:02 AM all 2.68 0.00 1.92 15.77 0.00 79.63
07:00:03 AM all 3.06 0.00 2.48 26.01 0.00 68.46
07:10:03 AM all 3.65 0.00 3.20 36.54 0.00 56.61
07:10:03 AM CPU %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle
07:20:03 AM all 4.40 0.00 3.28 43.86 0.00 48.46
07:30:02 AM all 4.10 0.00 3.17 31.30 0.00 61.43
07:40:06 AM all 7.67 0.00 3.95 50.79 0.00 37.59
07:50:02 AM all 4.72 0.00 3.11 44.30 0.00 47.86
08:00:03 AM all 5.57 0.00 3.72 47.15 0.00 43.56
08:10:07 AM all 10.66 0.00 3.59 71.62 0.00 14.13
08:20:17 AM all 5.67 0.00 3.42 58.81 0.00 32.10
08:30:10 AM all 11.12 0.00 3.49 76.71 0.00 8.67
08:40:03 AM all 7.00 0.00 3.36 47.94 0.00 41.71
Average: all 7.53 0.00 3.76 38.90 0.00 49.81
Some configurations:
The reimage partittioning looks like this:
/dev/sda1 950M 138M 765M 16% /
/dev/sda5 4.7G 1.9G 2.9G 40% /usr
/dev/sda7 63G 58G 5.0G 93% /var
/dev/sda6 4.7G 23M 4.7G 1% /home
none 1.0G 500K 1.0G 1% /tmp
KeepAlive On
MaxKeepAliveRequests 300
KeepAliveTimeout 15
<IfModule prefork.c>
StartServers 10
MinSpareServers 20
MaxSpareServers 50
ServerLimit 256
MaxClients 180
MaxRequestsPerChild 2000
</IfModule>
<IfModule worker.c>
StartServers 2
MaxClients 150
MinSpareThreads 25
MaxSpareThreads 75
ThreadsPerChild 25
MaxRequestsPerChild 0
</IfModule>
[mysqld]
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
skip-locking
query_cache_limit=1M
query_cache_size=32M
query_cache_type=1
max_connections=250
interactive_timeout=100
wait_timeout=20
connect_timeout=10
thread_cache_size=80
key_buffer=64M
join_buffer=1M
max_allowed_packet=16M
table_cache=512
record_buffer=1M
sort_buffer_size=1M
read_buffer_size=1M
max_connect_errors=10
thread_concurrency=2
read_rnd_buffer_size=1M
myisam_sort_buffer_size=64M
server-id=1
processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 3
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
stepping : 4
cpu MHz : 2793.324
cache size : 1024 KB
High CPU Load But No High Process
Nov 8, 2008I have extremely high CPU load average, but when I run TOP command there are not any process with high CPU
CPU load averages:
211.65 (1 min) 227.29 (5 mins) 247.89 (15 mins)
Tasks: 364 total, 2 running, 360 sleeping, 2 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.0%us, 0.3%sy, 0.0%ni, 0.0%id, 99.7%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 2065460k total, 2012372k used, 53088k free, 60964k buffers
Swap: 2040212k total, 3280k used, 2036932k free, 619900k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
19871 root 15 0 4944 2488 1656 R 1 0.1 0:02.73 top
1 root 15 0 4208 1320 1136 S 0 0.1 0:01.55 init
2 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0
3 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:01.77 ksoftirqd/0
4 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 migration/1
5 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:01.16 ksoftirqd/1
6 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:01.04 events/0
7 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.65 events/1
8 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 khelper
9 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 kthread
35 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.15 kblockd/0
36 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd/1
37 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 kacpid
127 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:13.16 ata/0
128 root 16 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ata/1
129 root 10 -5 0 0 0 D 0 0.0 0:01.15 ata_aux
130 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 kseriod
158 root 16 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 pdflush
159 root 15 0 0 0 0 D 0 0.0 0:01.00 pdflush
160 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:10.68 kswapd0
161 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/0
So my server is "unresponsive" for abour 18 hours, burst net didnt answer my tickets and I dont know what to do. Ive been with this setup for almost 5 months with no problems, No changes have been made to hardware or software.
Im using Centos 5.0
44U+ Colocation Value
Oct 4, 2009Is there a "premium" for colocation space in cabinets which are taller than 42U? I'm putting some cabinets into a datacenter cage, which I will lease to 3rd parties as colocation cabinets, and there is plenty of height below the ceiling (about 290 cm). I could put in 42U cabinets, but I could go taller, up to about 48U.
The cabinets will have about 10 kW delivered to them (8 kW usable per cabinet), but the UPS is sized for an average load of 5 kW per cabinet. Cabinet depth is 1200 mm. There will be cable tray 10 cm above the cabinet.
If you were going to colo 5 kW of equipment (average) per cabinet, would 48U cabinets have value to you over 42U high cabinets?
Colocation UK
Jan 20, 2009I found a couple of phrases mentioning them here on WHT, both praising and negative. Can't make up my mind.
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Aug 23, 2009I'm soon going to purchasing a rack server from Dell, and have been looking into the options of basing it within the UK, as it seems best.
I've looked into the Rapid switch data centre in Berkshire, aswell as Blue square in Maidenhead.
US Colocation?
Jun 13, 2009I'm with is looking to colo 2 x 1RU servers in the US, so looking for suitable colo facilities.
We definitely want to buy, own and manage the servers ourselves, so we're after colo & bandwidth, not server rental.
As we're new to colo in the US, any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Servers will be 2 x quad core CPU, 8GB RAM, 2 x SAS HDDs, 1 x PSU, so we'll obviously need a facility able to provide the required power at a reasonable cost.
We'll need 4 network points, 2 for each server (1 Internet, 1 LOM).
Bandwidth wise, we're expecting to start with low demand, but grow steadily over the next two to three years.
Ideally we're after flat rate bandwidth in the order of 512Kbps - 2 Mbps, aggregated across the network points, with no excess usage charges.
95th percentile billing is also an option, but less preferred - we'd much rather know we have a fixed monthly OpEx, instead of the unpleasant surprise of a large excess bandwidth bill!
We're happy to look at other bandwidth options, so long as they provide a fixed monthly cost, and let us scale at a reasonable price, as we need it.
We'll like a /28 of IP space - 8-10 usable, but may be able to get away with a /29 if it's the make or break decision.
Colocation In NC
Sep 17, 2009I am looking to colo a 1U server in a DC in North Carolina. I would need a 10Mbit line un-metered or a metered 100mbit.
I could negotiate on the bandwidth if its not possible in NC .
I have been researching for a while and the DCs here are very very expensive so far...
US Colocation
Oct 9, 2009I've recently acquired a 1U rack mount server from eBay. I believe it kicks some butt...and now I am thinking about looking for a colocation provider to host it for me.
It's for my own websites, not web hosting or storage. I don't need any sophisticated control panel, as I've pretty much made my own. I only need enough IP addresses to have my own name servers and one for all of my websites (I don't need each site to have a unique IP). I don't need any management help as I can manage my own servers. A simple data center control panel with the ability to hard reboot my server would be nice.
However, if the provider charges anything above $70-$80, I can just rent a dedicated server for around the same price. I know the dedicated server would not have the same features and hardware as my server, but if I'm providing the server, why should I be charged the same amount as if they were providing me with a server?
DNS And Colocation
Apr 22, 2008I'm trying to figure out my whole DNS situation now that I switched over to colocation. I have 2 servers, one hosts multiple sites and the other is just a backup.
I'm not sure what to do with DNS hosting. I could either host my DNS on both the servers (ns1,ns2 main server ns3,ns4 backup server). Does this mean if the main server goes down (ns1,ns2) it'll start using ns2,ns3? If so, can I just have ns2,ns3 point to my backup server IPs and traffic will just resume on the backup of the main server goes down?
If I go with a service like DNSMadeEasy.com, can I just point my main domain's name servers to ns1.dnsmadeeasy.com, ns2, ns3, etc.. and then point all my other domain's name servers back to my main domain OR would I have to point all my individual domains to dnsmadeeasy's name servers?
New To Colocation
Jan 8, 2008I have several servers on datacenters.
I was wondering, I always did, that is would be so much nicer to own the hardware. I looked for colocation prices in the past but the prices where allot higher then to rent from a datacenter.
Is this really so?
Is best to buy the hardware and send it to a colocation service or to rent a specific harware.
The colocation prices are normally per Mbit, that means there is not montly GB limits, you can go as fast a the switch allows?
How can you test if you are really getting the speed, any guarantee.
Also what happens if a hard disk fails? Do you have to buy one on overnight and send it to the datacenter? They will charge you for installation i suppose.
Colocation In The UK
Jul 1, 2008We are looking for reviews of colocation companies offering quarter racks at BlueSquare, or another data centre in the south of England. We are based in Dorset and as far as we can tell the nearest data centres are in Bournemouth (not open yet), Southampton (don't know too much about those) and Maidenhead (BlueSquare, where we currently colocate a couple of 1U servers).
Companies we have been considering are connexions4london, a1isp and netrino but we are a bit short on information about their reputations. Reliability is the single most important thing to us, we are not necessarily looking for the cheapest, but for somebody with a good history of service level.
Can anybody tell us about their experiences with any of these companies? I heard about some trouble with Netrino last year but nothing recent, and also a that a1isp use netrino, can anybody confirm or deny that? We have also spoken extensively with connexions4london but we would have to sign up for at least a year - which we would be happy to do if we knew their service was great.
Colocation
Jan 29, 2007I have a few questions which I'd like answered if possible.
Firstly, I understand 1U is the space in the rank etc etc -- my question is, does one server usually fill up one 1U?
What is meant by premium bandwidth? is that a type of bandwidth charge? is there any other types?
What is meant by 5mbps?
What Is Colocation?
Jun 7, 2008could anyone explain to me what colocation is?
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Jul 14, 2007with a decent article as to what colocation is? I have been looking and havn't been able to determine it. I'm trying to do some research as to why my web host is being .... difficult.
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Oct 24, 2007I've been noticing always that colocation seems to be much more expensive then with leased dedicated servers, especially when it comes to the A). connection size and B). transfer bandwidth given to you. So has anyone seen good colocation pricing (anywhere in the US or Canada) that has these specs? Leased dedicated servers are at these low of prices, so why not colo?
1U Server around $100 to $150 /mo: 1000-2500 GB (or unmetered) Bandwidth Transfer each month
10Mbps or 100Mbps connection (not 1Mbps).
Anyone seen any $500 to $1500 /mo. for a full cabinet with these specs:
Full Cabinet / Rack (20 Amps or 40 Amps): Unmetered Bandwidth Transfer each month
10Mbps or 100Mbps connection (not 1Mbps).
When dedicated server places like softlayer say that your server is on 10Mbps or 100Mbps, does this mean it is 10Mbps shared among many servers or is it dedicated with your server? Many colocation facilities quote prices with 1Mbps dedicated for the prices I mention above.
Colocation In AMS-IX
Jul 24, 2007I've been using dedicated servers for past 2 years.
I'm a Usenet reseller moving to setting up Usenet Provider.
For Usenet peering with two residents in AMS-IX, I probably require a cross-connect, require at least 4u space with at least 50Mbit. All I can find is companies like Ohtele.com and true.nl who have a "presence" there with IP transit, what exactly does that mean? If I wanted a cross-connect to an AMS-IX resident, my server(s) must also be in that datacenter, correct?
What Is Colocation
Nov 6, 2007Lately I hv found many reference on colocation. What is meant by that?
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Feb 22, 2007A friend of mine gave me a brand new machine he got from work. Its a medium sized desktop case, p4 2.8ghz, 1.5GB of ram, and 2x 40GB IDE Hardrives. Its not anything special, the ram is DDR and the proccessor is the old socket 478.
I am thinking about co-locating this machine. My home computer has much better parts then it so it is useless to keep at home. I already have a laptop as well as my PC so I don't need a second computer at my home either.
I have looked at some co-location prices, sent out a few emails and it looks more expensive then getting a dedicated server from the company. I thought co-location was cheaper then a dedicated server, but it seems like I am finding different.
This server is going to be used to host a few websites of mine, as well as be used to host a gameserver or two. I don't have a problem being a system administrator, I am currently managing my VPS as well as my friends dedicated server.
New To Colocation
May 3, 2007I am hosting a commercial website that is consuming about 1.5Mbp/s of bandwidth on a monthly basis (95th. %). The site consists of (6) 1U Dell servers. I am currently seeking a colo provider in the downtown NYC area where I can rent a 1/4 rack. I am looking for a very reputable provider, but don't necessarily need the "gold standard" in colo providers as cost is definitely a factor.
My questions are as follows:
1. What is the general range of pricing that I should expect for a 1/4 rack at say 2Mbp/s of bandwidth? I have been getting quotes from around $500 to $1000, but wansn't sure exactly how to evaluate them.
2. Do I need to purchase a rack-mount keyboard/monitor drawer, or does the colo facility usually provide a cart or similar?
3. Is is better in the long run for me to provide my own firewall/vpn solution or is this something that the colo facility would typically provide for me?
4. With regard to DNS, is this normally a colo provided service or am I better off using a 3rd. party service. If the latter, any recommendations?
5. Any recommendations for quality colo providers in the downtown NYC area?
UK Colocation
Mar 16, 2007I currently have Dedicated servers here and there with different companies but one of my sites is out growing its current setup and is growing at a rapid rate so its going to get expensive to run if i just have multiple dedicated servers so I have started to look into colocation.
The down side to colocation for me or from what I have seen is Limited Support compared to dedicated support.
However I do pay a company that will help me with the upkeep of my servers and will advise me on what I need so really now im looking at prices.
To start with I will be looking to host:
2X
Dell PowerEdge 1850 1u
2x Xeon 3.4hz 1m cache
2gb Ram (2x 1gb dimms)
2x 146gb U320 hot swap drives
Raid
CD Drive
Floppy Drive
2x Gigabit Ethernet
**Anyone have a price on a server same spec as above?**
Now I would prefer to find someone who provides the following but if not then could point me in the right direction to purchase:
(Hardware must be able to handle atleast 8 servers of the above spec as I see me expanding to this within 6 months to 1 year)
Switch
KVM
Remote Reboot
Firewall
**Anyone have a price on the hardware above? must handle atleast 8 servers**
Bandwidth - 100mbit
I would say I would like around 2,000gb bandwidth per server
So to start with that would be approx 4,000gb as I would be hosting 2 servers.
Support:
I would like to try and find a host that offers a fair amount of hardware support
I think for the moment thats about all im looking for advice / prices on.
What Exactly Is Colocation
May 28, 2007what colocation is? I know its cheaper than a box but what happens if you purchase this?
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Oct 17, 2007Can I have some suggestions/recomendations of colocation facilities in the Reading area or more generally in Berkshire?
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Feb 21, 2007I got an old 1u rackmount server off ebay to use as a home server for some small programs and to test on. Its a Compaq DL360 G1.
CoreNetworks has 1u colocation with 1 TB of bandwidth, remote reboot, and IP KVM access for only $17.95 a month. I was thinking about getting this when they start selling it, but this would be my first server to colocate and I had a few questions.
The server came with rails to mount it on, but would I need to send these also? Or would the datacenter provide their own rails? The server has screws on each side to attach to the rails.
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Also, would I just need to pack up the server and ship it? Nothing else is needed?
I know these questions probably seem silly, but I'm new to colocation.
(And please don't post about how they could never sell colocation for $18. I'm not asking about the company )