Hello, I'm pretty sure that this question has been picked to death on this list, but I couldn't find a good thread in the nanog archives. If there is one in there, can someone drop me a pointer off-list? Anyways, here is my question: What should people look for when choosing a service or hosting provider? Thanks. Eric
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 11:29:14AM -0500, Eric Gauthier wrote:
Hello,
I'm pretty sure that this question has been picked to death on this list, but I couldn't find a good thread in the nanog archives. If there is one in there, can someone drop me a pointer off-list?
Anyways, here is my question: What should people look for when choosing a service or hosting provider?
Thanks.
Eric
Perhaps we could make this an extension of the datacenter BOF of the Atlanta meeting.. *ducks* But seriously, generally, it depends on what your objective is. Different companies want either dirt cheap pricing and maybe not so great connectivity or great connectivity and maybe not so great pricing. What you have to do is detail what you want out of your provider, remove the things that you will never find in the real world (key point there) and THEN people can give you recommendations on who can match those requirements. (Don't believe sales or marketing wrt to service promises.. only experience. Sales etc only provide a guide line.) -Wayne
Eric, You can find a good deal of resources to answer this question at www.colosource.com. The site has a white-paper section the digs into many of the issues that revolve around selection of appropriate organizations. You can also find a checklist for use during evaluation. Good luck, Kevin Facinelli www.crystalpc.com --- Eric Gauthier <eric@roxanne.org> wrote:
Hello,
I'm pretty sure that this question has been picked to death on this list, but I couldn't find a good thread in the nanog archives. If there is one in there, can someone drop me a pointer off-list?
Anyways, here is my question: What should people look for when choosing a service or hosting provider?
Thanks.
Eric
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I think you're going about this exactly backwards. Try working it the opposite way: What do you need in a provider? For example, I'm now working for an ASP. For the first time in my life I'm the colo customer instead of the runner... Anyway. So my requirements now have less to do with good peering policies and bandwidth, and more to do with latency and price. Phatpipe is phatpipe -- if the 100mbit ethernet going into the cage is the bottleneck, then it hardly matters whether there's an OC12 or OC48 on the other end of it. On the other hand, if you were running a huge FTP server (think cdrom.com), then you'd have different requirements. Also, whether you manage your peering or just need an ethernet drop to plug into comes into play. So work out your requirements, your ideal ISP, then look for someone to match them, rather than looking for what's there and making your selection based on that. Matthew Devney On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Eric Gauthier wrote:
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 11:29:14 -0500 From: Eric Gauthier <eric@roxanne.org> To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Choosing a Service/Hosting Provider
Hello,
I'm pretty sure that this question has been picked to death on this list, but I couldn't find a good thread in the nanog archives. If there is one in there, can someone drop me a pointer off-list?
Anyways, here is my question: What should people look for when choosing a service or hosting provider?
Thanks.
Eric
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