Hello, we are looking for a home for our startups servers. We prefer a datacenter near downtown San Francisco, and will need 1/3 cabinet to start, and probably 5Mbps bandwidth with peak of 100Mbps. Any recommendations, anybody have any buddy/fellow HN rates/discounts they could lend? Thanks.
Everything in San Francisco is going to be outrageously over priced or under-serviced. You're going to be much better served by dropping your gear down in the south bay in a good facility. If you gotta be in SF, you are going to get the best deal from someone in the TelX facility at 200 Paul. Forget about the cabinet space, worry about power draw because you can put 10KW in 7U...
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* itemized billing (know what you're paying for)
* offers great deals on longer terms
* SAS 70 Type II certified (excellent if you have any standards to meet)
* Free parking when you're working there
* No hassles on deliveries (worked with another provider who would charge us $150 if we didn't warn the ahead of time that a hard drive RMA was arriving).
* 24/7 smart hands on site if you're out of town and need something physically done.