Addressed to: Jason Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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** Reply to note from Jason Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thu, 18 Jan 2001
10:50:24 +1100
>
> > But even if they had 100 servers, have you priced an OC-12 lately?
>
> Actually, isn't it possible / more likely that they're running one
> server cohosted at an ISP with an OC-12 link?
>
I'd be suprised if it was anything else. At HostPro in Boise Idaho,
Moses Lake Washington and Boca Raton Florida you can get room for one
PC for about $250/month, 3 PCs for $500, and bigger cabinets that I
don't know about.
This includes a refrigerator sized UPS, and a diesel generator with
about 5 days of fuel outside. The room is always 75 degrees F. I have
less than 6 feet of copper wire before a switch. From there it is
fiber all the way. The last I heard we had 4 oc48's into the building
with more already planned. I have two 100Mb/Sec Ethernet cables
available to me.
If you need the bandwidth colocation or managed hosting at a facility
like this is hard to beat. Even for a big company that already has a
T1 or more for office needs, put the server in colocate and manage it
from your office. I just downloaded the PHP4.0.4pl1 tarball in about
10 seconds. Php.net must be on a fairly slow link, :) I've seen
similar sized files transfer in under three seconds. I never expected
to see files come in from the Internet at network card speeds, but it
has happened.
My original business plan was to bring in a T1 and have the servers at
my office. That T1 was ordered in March 1999. We just cancelled the
order last month. Still no T1, but after seeing the connection speeds
we get there is no way I want to step down to a T1 any more.
Rick Widmer
Internet Marketing Specialists
http://www.developersdesk.com
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