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 <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > <[email protected]> > To: 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion' > <[email protected]> > 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----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] 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 <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion >> <[email protected]> >> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion >> <[email protected]> >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- >> >> asterisk-biz mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz >> > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
