Ross West <[email protected]> writes: > BTW: Are you getting the rack pre-installed in 1/4s? Because you > generally can't get conversion kits - since split racks are custom > with isolated cable access to each part. So this could be all a moot > idea since you're now offering unsecured/shared access, and people > will use someone else's plug.
I've rented similar products where the space was marked off by shelves, and where each rack had it's own PDU... I think the 'don't touch other people's stuff' social barrier is strong enough. (besides, if you do plug into an empty looking pdu, and the other customer notices, /best case/ you get unplugged. More likely the other customer complains and I kick you off.) > Also you might find that the main colo provider has issues with you > doing your own custom electrical/network installation between rack > spaces. 95% of colo 1/4 racks do not have intra-rack distribution, so > you need to go external - and then you might then be forced to use > things like armored/waterproof electrical cabling if you're allowed at > all. Yes, I'd be doing a regular rack deliniated by shelves. > You can get a big (eg 60amp/208v/3phase) circuit and only pay for > usage with a minimum commit (watts) in some places, so it becomes > almost exactly like a burstable network pipe. Yup, but the places around here that I know about that do that charge about as much for just the rack, before power, as I'm paying for a full rack and 2x20a circuits, and more thant twice as much as the single rack/ 15a circuit deal I'm talking about using for the cheap co-lo - before paying for /any/ power. > > Yeah. 208v would actually be fine, if I could find it cheap. but > > the opportunity I see now is a reasonable (not awesome but reasonable) > > cost per watt at he.net, which gets me lots of rackspace (which is nice > > to have, even though it's not really essential) and he.net has pretty > > smooth remote hands and access control policies, if I can set it up such > > that people can be trusted to deal withstuff. > > 208v is horrid for "cheap colo" - people commonly bring 120v only > devices to be installed since they don't know the difference, and then > when faced with a C14 receptacle, you need to solve the problem of > different plugs and power. Eh, really, I don't mind something of a barrier to entry. I wouldn't mind handing out c14 computer power cords, along with a 'this will fry stuff meant for 120v' warning... considering that everything that uses iec cables that has been built in the last 15 years support 100-240v (and stuff has a switch for a bit before that) I think it'll be fine. the c14 sockets will prevent people from accidentally frying their wall warts. > DCs have generally smartened up and now bill based on watts, and > can give it via whatever voltage you want/need. They have > re-discovered why the electrical company bills in kWh and not > amperage. :-) > The days of amperage based billing (regardless of voltage) is long > gone - except for the lucky SOBs that have old power circuits under > those old contracts. Huh. around here, i've only seen metered billing at much more expensive co-los. the cheap places where I work charge by circuit capacity. _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
