Suggestions for colocation needed

[Tim Pozar]

I got to comment on this...

Michael T. Halligan wrote:
> I would avoid 200paul. Their security is a joke. You get an HID badge, 
> and that's it, you have full access to the
> entire building. 

You have access to some of the floors, not all and only the common 
areas.  You do not have "full access to the entire building".

> They don't have a 247 noc,

They claim to have a 24x7 NOC.  I have only seen it during the day as 
that is when I was there.

> just one security guy.  

They have 24x7 security and typically during the day there are two on staff.

> The 
> grounds are also unsecured because they
> share a parking lot with a newspaper delivery depot.

After hours you have to use your badge to open the gate.  The grounds 
are monitored with cameras.  I have even seen the guards check on the 
lot as they like to ticket if you are parked in the no-parking areas.

> They're UPS based.. I can say that in the past 10 years, all but one of 
> the 35 datacenter outages I've gone through
> have been because of faulty batteries causing cascading failures.

I have seen more problems with APC UPSes in the bottom of racks.  They 
are designed to barely work when needed.

> Go and tour their facilities.. You'll have this nagging feeling going 
> through your head as you walk around. That
> feeling is "Amateur", it describes their operations. They're also a spam 
> friendly hosting provider.  Cogent is still
> their most popular bw provider, followed by wiltel. One of their 
> salespeople told me point blank that most of their
> business came from porn and spam.

Do you have a clue that DRT/200P/eXchange is only one of many colo 
providers there?  There is XO, UnitedLayer and others in this building? 
  They all have their own infrastructure?  Also there are 40 IP 
providers at this location?  DRT/200P/eXchange is a *real estate* 
company where their main biz it to provide a building.  And they do a 
pretty good job at that.  I would be happy to give you a tour of the 
facilities some time.  You can determine if it is a A or C facility 
yourself.

Tim
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