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As someone who has equipment there, I agree. Its not a datacenter. However the pricing is not bad, so its a real get what you pay for.

• timr 13y ago
  He did say that he believes it's better to host in two cheap places than one expensive one.... Aside: back in the early days, a lot of YC startups hosted at HE. I think it was one of the first JTV colos, actually.
  • dmourati 13y ago
    Disagree. Twice the headache. Put all your eggs in one basket then watch that basket. Get bigger, repeat. I'd go from 2 to 3 faster than 1 to 2.
    • timr 13y ago
      I don't think he was making an argument for ease of maintenance, but rather, reliability per dollar. Even if you've got two crappy datacenters, you're at least redundantly crappy.
      • Nrsolis 13y ago
        That only works if you value sysadmin time at $0/hr.
        • zorlem 13y ago
          You need a capable sysadmin anyways. It makes sense to pay her/him to design and scale your "platform" properly, especially if you're making any money from it.