It's 15ms one way. Depending upon your application, cost may prevail. For HPC v. HFT, that's probably a done deal compared to power costs in the UK.
The power source depends on the user. You choose based on your connectivity to the grid and your step down capabilities. Putting the networking costs aside for thought: If I were deploying storage that had latency requirements under 30ms RTT; HPC, < 100 ms storage, DDoS DNS? Iceland is a winner every time. The stereotype for Iceland should be "green" (air, energy). not steam or hydro. Best, -M< On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Rod Beck <rod.b...@hibernianetworks.com> wrote: > Hi Martin, > > Iceland's disaster recovery potential I understand. If the world comes to an > end, it is one of the better places to be. > > It may, however, be too far away. Manchester or Northern Ireland appears good > enough for most purposes. > > Just to correct a prevalent stereotype about Iceland, the main of electric > power is not geothermal, it is hydro. To be precise 75% of electricity is > generated by hydro. > > Roderick Beck > Sales Director/Europe and the Americas > Hibernia Networks > http://www.hibernianetworks.com > This e-mail and any attachments thereto is intended only for use by the > addressee(s) named herein and may be proprietary and/or legally privileged. > If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified > that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any > attachments thereto, without the prior written permission of the sender is > strictly prohibited. If you receive this e-mail in error, please immediately > telephone or e-mail the sender and permanently delete the original copy and > any copy of this e-mail, and any printout thereof. All documents, contracts > or agreements referred or attached to this e-mail are SUBJECT TO CONTRACT. > The contents of an attachment to this e-mail may contain software viruses > that could damage your own computer system. While Hibernia Networks has taken > every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, we cannot accept liability > for any damage that you sustain as a result of software viruses. You should > carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment.
