Colocation Experiences

[Aaron Vegh]

This is a question I've been pondering myself lately. TCCP would not
be an option, because in my case it's a commercial venture. I've done
some looking around, and beyond colocation, I've also been looking at
managed hosting services.

These cats in Chicago seem to have a pretty neat setup:

http://www.cihost.com/?zone=products/family_colocation

For $99 US/mth, they'll colo your machine; you can send it to them and
they'll set it up. They'll swap CDs in and out when you want to do an
install. They'll reboot your machine if you like. You hardly need to
be there.

I was also looking at managed hosting, where you don't have to buy the
box. But it's more expensive. On the other hand, Virtual Private
Hosting looks kind of sexy: prices well under $50/mth, and full root
access. You're sharing the same box with other VPH customers, but it
seems to be a secure environment.

What I'd love to know is, I'm not married to the idea of having a colo
service in Toronto, or colo itself. Does anyone here have experience
dealing with VPH or the CI Host service? Or is there a better option?

Thanks,
Aaron.


On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 19:40:31 -0500 (EST), Robert Brockway
<rbrockway-wgAaPJgzrDxH4x6Dk/4f9A at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Ryan Sanders wrote:
> 
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I apologize if this is a little bit off-topic, but I am wondering if
> > anyone here has had some good experiences with any colocation services
> > downtown?  I am considering a company called "The Wire."  I know they also
> > do Linux server hosting, so perhaps someone has experience with their
> > Colo, or Linux hosting solutions.  Or perhaps you know of other good Colo
> > services?  Basically I am looking for high network and power reliability,
> > at a fair price.  Perhaps I can't have my cake and eat it too?  Any ideas?
> 
> Would TCCP (http://www.tccp.ca) be suitable?
> 
> Rob
> 
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