IT server rental
Nov 28th 2009, 1:53 am
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IT server rental
Quick question for any network guys/girls
What price will I be paying for 12 to 36 month rental of server space?
need about 30 x 48RU server Racks with about 3kw of power per month.
What price will I be paying for 12 to 36 month rental of server space?
need about 30 x 48RU server Racks with about 3kw of power per month.
Nov 28th 2009, 2:58 am
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Re: IT server rental
Depends on location: Melbourne, Sydney, Perth?
30 racks together?
Do you know your cooling requirements?
Considered Virtualisation to reduce the number of physical servers & therefore rack space you'll need (keeps the costs down)?
Need a little more info to point you in the right direction.
30 racks together?
Do you know your cooling requirements?
Considered Virtualisation to reduce the number of physical servers & therefore rack space you'll need (keeps the costs down)?
Need a little more info to point you in the right direction.
Nov 28th 2009, 3:32 am
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Re: IT server rental
Depends on location: Melbourne, Sydney, Perth?
30 racks together?
Do you know your cooling requirements?
Considered Virtualisation to reduce the number of physical servers & therefore rack space you'll need (keeps the costs down)?
Need a little more info to point you in the right direction.
30 racks together?
Do you know your cooling requirements?
Considered Virtualisation to reduce the number of physical servers & therefore rack space you'll need (keeps the costs down)?
Need a little more info to point you in the right direction.
Would cooling requirements not already be covered by the SLA? The power is based on our current consumption - I heard Telstra only offered 1kw so wonder how much the rate is on top of that.
Was thinking in vicinity of around $2400 per month should cover it pre GST.
Nov 29th 2009, 10:52 am
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Re: IT server rental
Not sure of the Melbourne prices but have seen people quoting anywhere from $1000 - $2500 per rack per month (depending on the "quality" of data centre/co-lo). Best please to ask would be in a Whirlpool forums - there's a couple of threads: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...+colocation&f=
Nov 30th 2009, 1:03 am
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Re: IT server rental
Whirlpool is interesting as the outages are often documented in there. It is worrying when some run out of power.
Not sure of the Melbourne prices but have seen people quoting anywhere from $1000 - $2500 per rack per month (depending on the "quality" of data centre/co-lo). Best please to ask would be in a Whirlpool forums - there's a couple of threads: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...+colocation&f=
Nov 30th 2009, 2:35 am
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Re: IT server rental
Just sent an email to the gaffer, not sure of pricings myself but I'll let you know what he comes back with (EDS/HP)
