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iigs | 15 years ago

Two circuits per rack, with half of circuit per customer would be a lot better. The price would have to go up, but 3a in 10u isn't enough better than individual machine colo to be worth the price.

I have friends that are putting something similar together and might be very interested in this as a starting point.

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lsc|15 years ago

I dono. I thought about that; 'round here, the cost per watt is about the same either way, and I thought It'd be nice to give people a little extra room, I mean, if it doesn't cost anything extra.

Excluding bandwidth, at he.net I get a full rack with 15a for $400/month. At SVTIX, I can get a full rack with 2x 20a circuits for around a grand a month. So, for the same margin I'd need to charge, what, $375 or so per 1/4 rack?

Considering that is within spitting distance of a full rack with more power at he.net where you won't have to share, I'd argue that the $150/month deal is probably going to appeal to more people than the $375 deal, even though the latter has a slightly better cost per watt, as the $400 full rack from he.net will have a better cost per watt.

(On the other hand, I've got a customer who had 1/2 rack and a full 20a at svtix vacating shortly, so if you do want some higher density power, lemme know and I'll see what I can do.)