[116175] in North American Network Operators' Group
Recommendations for Hong Kong datacenter,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (George Sanders)
Fri Jul 24 16:24:26 2009
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:23:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: George Sanders <gosand1982@yahoo.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
=0A=0AI will be expanding a small network infrastructure service (read: DNS=
and mail ... a few 1u and 2u servers) to Hong Kong next year.=0A=0AWe don'=
t have any particular customer base in Hong Kong - rather, we have customer=
s all over southeast asia and would like to serve them better, as well as a=
ttract more SE Asia customers.=0A=0AI chose Hong Kong for the following rea=
sons:=0A=0A- South Korea is alternately happy with / upset with Japan, and =
I don't want to deal with that=0A=0A- Japan is is alternately happy with / =
upset with South Korea, and I don't want to deal with that=0A=0A- Mainland =
China is out of the question, for obvious reasons=0A=0A- The smaller (Thail=
and, Vietnamese, Phillipines, etc.) countries all have their own particular=
issues (recent coup in Thailand, etc.)=0A=0ASo the choice came down to Hon=
g Kong or Singapore, and I chose Hong Kong because it seems easier to "just=
get things done" there. I realize that in the long term there is a greate=
r risk of social paradigm shift in Hong Kong because of mainland China, but=
in the short run it seems that Hong Kong is more "functional" than Singapo=
re.=0A=0AAny comments on the above thought process ?=0A=0A=0AThe obvious fo=
llow-up is, which datacenter ?=0A=0AI need a full service center that will =
give me rackspace and let me just plug ethernet into their switch. I am no=
t interested in brokering my own connectivity, nor am I interested in runni=
ng my own routers. I want to pay one bill to one organization and get one =
cable. The end.=0A=0AI think there are further considerations though ... I=
read details of one very modern, very sexy datacenter housed in a skyscrap=
er, but my research showed me that this building has been built on land rec=
laimed from the sea, and there is reasonable concern that the sand underpin=
nings could liquify, to a degree, in a seismic event. I'd also like to be =
more than a few feet above sea level. Honestly, as sexy as it would be to =
be in a slick tower right on the bay in Central Hong Kong, I would much rat=
her find some nondescript, one story building, miles from the coast and a f=
ew hundred feet above sea level.=0A=0AWhat recommendations might someone ha=
ve ?=0A=0AThank you very much for any comments or suggestions you may have.=
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