[Gllug] Overpowered 1U server

[Mike Brodbelt]

Garry Heaton wrote:

> The idea was to take advantage of Bytemark's cheap 1U colo deal but when the 
> time came to move forward they had stopped offering colo. I recalled Black 
> Cat offered something similar and was all set to go when they switched their 
> pricing policy to emphasise power consumption over rackspace.

It appears that Black Cat are hosting in HEX, and the other Redbus 
sites. Power has become a big issue recently, and most providers are now 
charging separately for power on top of basic rack space. Some of the 
more power constrained sites are only offering 4 amps per rack - if you 
want more you pay a substantial extra charge, and it's not always even 
available. Needless to say, 4 amps doesn't go far on a rack full of 1U 
dual CPU Opterons.

> Oh dear. This 
> server wasn't exactly power efficient

Yeah - Opterons aren't exactly low power CPUs, and you've got a fair bit 
crammed in there.

> and would cost me twice as much to 
> host as I originally budgeted.

Ouch.

> Does anyone know of any other reasonably cheap colo deal which would 
> accommodate this overspecified server.

Maybe try these guys - http://www.xifos.net/colo.php. They're hosting in 
  iP House, which is newer than most of the other docklands data centres 
and has more power infrastructure. They're quoting 0.5amps for 1U, which 
still isn't much, but you might be able to negotiate. Anyway, good luck....

Mike
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