On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 5:06 PM, John Medway <[email protected]>wrote:
> I know this is not strictly Linux, but this is one of the few local tech > mailing lists I am on, or am aware of, so please excuse... > > Does anyone have any good/bad/indifferent to report about in-Portland > co-location facilities? I need two cabinets of real estate for some Linux > servers (there's the on-topic part) and an AS/400. > > We need to be able to get to them quickly, in the event of emergency, so > close-in is best. We also need to be able to service the AS/400 daily for > tape and diaper changes, so the Integra/Tyco/Tata facility above the Whole > Foods is *NOT* an option, since they have just implemented some pretty > jackass access restrictions which is why I'm looking to move. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > John, Be forwarned that my opinion is biased, since I work for ViaWest, a colocation/manager service provider in Hillsboro. >From my experience you have a couple choices. EasyStreet is great for smaller businesses or individuals with bigger budgets. Access is convenient from what I've been told. The company I used to work for used them with pretty good success. For medium to large business, albeit a bit out of the way if you want to stick to Portland proper, ViaWest might be worth looking at, 24/7/365 access, and we have "tape" rates for quite a few customers which means we can do the daily rotations and offsiting (Ususally working with an outside vendor for off-site storage). We also provide 1 hour "remote hands" per month for all of our customers, so if there is something quick that needs to be done, we can hook up a monitor and do it for you. ...and our support just rocks ;) (Hey, I warned you, I'm biased!) If you need something closer to Portland, you might inquire with whatever colocation vendor you look at to see if they have something like a tape rotation rate. I wouldn't be surprised if other facilities are going that way. -Nye _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
