I'm the VP of DC development for Hostpro, one of the up and comming organization for hosting, dedicated, shared & co-location. I've built the DC's from the ground up and know the technologies. In a previous post, someone indicated the must haves, got it! We have multiple SONET rings, UPS, generators, BGP-4, HSRP, electronic security, and we don't treat the end user like crap as others in the industry do. We also run a 24x7x365 net ops shop, this baby really smokes. I was also the CIO of a large company in Norhtern Cal, and my feelings are co-lo is it's the right choice. You do need to look at the type of cooling systems, fule delivery schedules, SLA's on network and responce time. Look at a co-lo company as an outsourced IT department. Also, once you see the buildout costs with DC space, no IT professional in his/her right mind will develop a business plan for there respective CIO to approve. vist the URL
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I'm the VP of DC development for Hostpro, one of the up and comming organization for hosting, dedicated, shared & co-location. I've built the DC's from the ground up and know the technologies. In a previous post, someone indicated the must haves, got it! We have multiple SONET rings, UPS, generators, BGP-4, HSRP, electronic security, and we don't treat the end user like crap as others in the industry do. We also run a 24x7x365 net ops shop, this baby really smokes. I was also the CIO of a large company in Norhtern Cal, and my feelings are co-lo is it's the right choice. You do need to look at the type of cooling systems, fule delivery schedules, SLA's on network and responce time. Look at a co-lo company as an outsourced IT department. Also, once you see the buildout costs with DC space, no IT professional in his/her right mind will develop a business plan for there respective CIO to approve. vist the URL