Jeremy Charles wrote:
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> (First of all, thanks to those who offered input on the IP cameras...
> That was very helpful.)
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> It looks like I will soon be in the market for some rack space in
> Europe or the Middle East. The idea is the improve performance for
> customers and remote business offices in those regions, versus the
> latency of transiting the ocean (on a good day). Yes, I do realize
> there's more to it than just physically positioning resources
> correctly - but the positioning part is what I lack expertise on.
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> I want to target cities that act as the major telecom/transit hubs. I
> have a decent feel for where these are in the USA, but I haven't the
> first clue on how to figure that out for that part of the world. For
> example, Amsterdam is the only one that comes to mind.
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> Does anyone have clues you can offer? My Google-fu is not working out
> well.
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> Also, if you have any good/bad experiences with colo providers in
> Europe or the Middle East, I'd be interested in hearing about those.
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Have you thought about just allowing a content provider to replicate
your data in multiple world-wide geographic locations? Is your data
amenable to that? There are many companies that specialize in this niche
for cheaper than you could build it out if your data is of the right type .
E.g. contentmirror.com, akamai, many others:
http://www.web-caching.com/cdns.html
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