How do I negotiate for colo space?

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I guess this isn't a technical question, but it definitely is something IT teams deal with, so here goes:

I'm looking at getting a rack at a local colocation facility. I'm weighing the options versus building out in a cloud platform. We are REALLY low bandwidth and power. There's a total of six hosts for the total operation. You can assume we use <= 10 amps of power and <= 2Mbps 95th percentile.

Do you have any advice for getting the best deal?

This question is off-topic under current topicality rules. – HopelessN00b Jan 22 '15 at 07:03 — HopelessN00b, Jan 22 '15 at 07:03

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 12 '11 at 13:12

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Yep - say exactly this to them;

"I'm weighing the options versus building out in a cloud platform. We are REALLY low bandwidth and power. There's a total of six hosts for the total operation. You can assume we use <= 10 amps of power and <= 2Mbps 95th percentile."

Then tell them how much you want to pay - they'll bite your arm off.

With lots of people moving to 'cloud' services colo's are losing money, you're easy money for them, use that to your advantage.

edited Feb 12 '11 at 13:12

Tom O'Connor

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answered Feb 11 '11 at 21:28

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+1. Also look at both large national providers (e.g. rackspace.com) and smaller local providers. Sometimes your local colo providers will offer better deals, and as a bonus you can drive to the datacenter to work on your servers when you hose something during an upgrade. – voretaq7 Feb 11 '11 at 21:30

How do I negotiate for colo space?

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