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I include 1 UPS'd outlet. I don't get overly concerned about power draw, it averages out. There is only so much power you can draw in 1U. People coming in wi

by brk 16y ago

I include 1 UPS'd outlet. I don't get overly concerned about power draw, it averages out. There is only so much power you can draw in 1U. People coming in with a beefy-ass server are going to tend to want dedicated bandwidth and a small subnet of their own (if not immediately, then when their operation grows), which moves them out of the $60/mo package and in to something more custom. But yes, power IS one of the more costly bits of running a datacenter and I could see where some sites would expect you to run no more than a nite-lite on the power that is included.

lsc 16y ago
>There is only so much power you can draw in 1U that sounds like a challenge to me, and is the opposite of my experience. I used to run a bunch of these: http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/system/1U/1021/AS-1021TM-T_.cfm http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/system/1U/1021/AS-1021TM-T_.... with high power CPUs, the goddamn thing would draw four amps. with the advent of socket g34, quad-cpu systems now cost no more than 2x dual-cpu systems, even without the 'two in 1u' bit: http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/system/1U/1042/AS-1042G-TF.cfm http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/system/1U/1042/AS-1042G-TF.c... where are you located? I'm in the bay area, (where power is super expensive) and my experience has been that power doesn't average out. people keep wanting to bring in ancient dual netburst Xeon space heaters, "It's only 1u!" even though the goddamn thing eats two and a half amps. this, you see, is why I don't do co-lo anymore. Now, it's possible that power is just so much cheaper for you than it is for me that it doesn't matter... either way, I want more details. seriously, right now I'm recommending other co-lo places on my co-lo order page... http://prgmr.com/san-jose-co-location.html http://prgmr.com/san-jose-co-location.html I know the guy running rippleweb is in sacramento, and is paying around 1/3rd of what I do for power.
- brk 16y ago
  where are you located Massachusetts.

by brk 16y ago

lsc 16y ago

>There is only so much power you can draw in 1U that sounds like a challenge to me, and is the opposite of my experience. I used to run a bunch of these: http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/system/1U/1021/AS-1021TM-T_.cfm http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/system/1U/1021/AS-1021TM-T_.... with high power CPUs, the goddamn thing would draw four amps. with the advent of socket g34, quad-cpu systems now cost no more than 2x dual-cpu systems, even without the 'two in 1u' bit: http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/system/1U/1042/AS-1042G-TF.cfm http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/system/1U/1042/AS-1042G-TF.c... where are you located? I'm in the bay area, (where power is super expensive) and my experience has been that power doesn't average out. people keep wanting to bring in ancient dual netburst Xeon space heaters, "It's only 1u!" even though the goddamn thing eats two and a half amps. this, you see, is why I don't do co-lo anymore. Now, it's possible that power is just so much cheaper for you than it is for me that it doesn't matter... either way, I want more details. seriously, right now I'm recommending other co-lo places on my co-lo order page... http://prgmr.com/san-jose-co-location.html http://prgmr.com/san-jose-co-location.html I know the guy running rippleweb is in sacramento, and is paying around 1/3rd of what I do for power.

brk 16y ago
where are you located Massachusetts.