[134908] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: co-location and access to your server
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Stange)
Wed Jan 12 17:01:04 2011
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:00:58 -0600
From: Kevin Stange <kevin@steadfast.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1101121642210.10560@murf.icantclick.org>
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On 01/12/2011 03:44 PM, david raistrick wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2011, Jeroen van Aart wrote:
>=20
>> I guess knowing who entered the building by means of a keycard and
>> having cameras isn't considered enough to deter potential "evil
>> doers". I know it's not enough for places like equinix, but that's of
>> a different caliber.
>=20
> Paying for 1u of colo justifys a keycard for you, cameras and keycard
> hardware for the facility? you're paying what, 50-100$ a month, maybe=
> less? you realize that low prices comes at the cost of reduced servic=
es?
Having the infrastructure in place to support full cab customers already
and 24/7 remote hands, the cost of providing 24/7 access to smaller colo
customers is negligible.
We could issue a card to every single server one of our colo customers
for only the one-time cost of the card. It doesn't make sense for most
single-server customers because a tech still has to go into the data
center, unlock the cabinet, fetch a crash cart, etc, so he might as well
let them in the front door.
I guess what you're saying holds true if the facility doesn't already
offer /anyone/ this access regardless of how much equipment and space
they have.
--=20
Kevin Stange
Chief Technology Officer
Steadfast Networks
http://steadfast.net
Phone: 312-602-2689 ext. 203 | Fax: 312-602-2688 | Cell: 312-320-5867
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