[olug] Co-Location: Just For Fun

Blaufuss, Shane sblaufuss at fnni.com
Thu Aug 15 15:38:16 UTC 2002


Ouch.  We usually charge $500 for 1/3 rack (~14U), which is our smallest
unit for sale.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Bettis [mailto:jeremyb at hksys.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 10:35 AM
> To: olug at olug.org
> Subject: RE: [olug] Co-Location: Just For Fun
> 
> 
> You're crazy.  The cheapest I've ever seen co-location is in the range
> of $250/month for 1U of rack space.  (Note that you probably need room
> for a tower not a rack, so that's about 4-5U probably.)
> 
> I'd advise that you go with shared service.  (I have some to offer if
> you respond privately).  If you absolutely must have a dedicated
> machine, go with rackshack.net.  They are absolutely the 
> cheapest, they
> will rent you a dedicated server running Linux for $99/month. (Plus a
> big fat setup fee unless you catch one of the $1 sales.)  But that is
> not Omaha.
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joe Catanzaro [mailto:joecatanzaro at cox.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 9:48 AM
> > To: olug at olug.org
> > Subject: Re: [olug] Co-Location: Just For Fun
> > 
> > Is $50 - $80 a month reasonable or am I crazy?
> > 
> > At 8/15/02 09:22 AM Thursday, you wrote:
> > >What is super cheap?
> > >
> > >On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 08:52:25PM -0500, Joe Catanzaro wrote:
> > > > A few of my friends and I would like to co-locate a Linux box
> > somewhere in
> > > > Omaha. It's going to be for a few web pages (probably
> non-commercial),
> > > some
> > > > ftp, maybe mail, and other stuff. Can someone recommend 
> a provider
> > here in
> > > > Omaha that's super cheap? If not, we're probably going 
> to go with
> some
> > > type
> > > > of shared service.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Joe Catanzaro
> > > > joecatanzaro at cox.net
> > > >
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> > joecatanzaro at cox.net
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