1RU Colocation in Equinix SY4
0.5 Amps on A+B Feeds
/29 IPv4 subnet (5 usable IPs) and /64 IPv6 subnet (Lots usable - more than you will ever need!)
1TB Quota on a 1Gbps switchport (private network VLANing available at no cost so no need for your own switching)
Free rack and stack
$60 ex GST per month for the life of the service!
To take up this offer, drop us an e-mail or contact [email protected] and we can will get you sorted! We can generally provision same-day.
This is mega cheap.
How much for 2ru? Can we request 2 x 1ru in diverse racks?
Hello Sabaramo, I don't see this being a problem. Do you require private connectivity between the two servers? The cost each per RU would be $60 ex GST.
Yes, for replication/backup puposes.
What does your network look like and what peering arrangements?
Hello Sabaramo,
We source our transit from World Without Wires, Vocus and Telstra. With peering, we connect into IX-NSW and Equinix Sydney. Our primary PoP is in Sydney and we have literally (yesterday) just finished deploying our Melbourne PoP.
We have a number of solutions available for your requirements, feel free to drop us an e-mail.
1 question I honestly have to ask is what kind of tiny servers only use 0.5A of power?
I've considered colocation for a long time but this factor is what I really struggle to be able to find and ruins all the ideas.
Would love to see a colocation seller allow more then 0.5A for 1RU.
apart from that, this seem very cheap for colocation.
Hello,
Power in datacentres can get very expensive, very quickly. The standard across the majority of providers is 0.5A, as this is the "magic number" when balancing cost to quality ratios. If we provided more power, it would result in a higher cost and would not be viable for most people, whereas if we were to offer lower power, you wouldn't be able to run anything short of a lightbulb from the PDU port.
In saying that, if you are able to provide publicly available information that shows a provider offering more power for the same price as this promotion, then do let us know and we can talk more.
Good pickup!
A Dell R330 uses the following:
350 W (Platinum) (100–240 V AC, 50/60 Hz, 4.8 A–2.4 A)
So OP, are you expecting only Celeron boxes in this 1RU?
What happens if you exceed 0.5A?
cost in hosting isn’t in the rack space, it’s in the power and cooling used, 500w for 1ru is generous at this price, usually if you want more power you pay for another ru and you can leave it empty but you get the power and cooling for it.
yep you need power efficient server and large drives ( only available as sata not sas) to keep power down, so intel have been making their newer processors much more power efficient.
luckily 8TB and 12 TB drive uses the same power as a 1TB drive and are under 10 w each in sata, haven’t seen a 8TB sas drive yet and it would be pricey if there was one, so you want server with sata not sas drives for bulk, ssd for main drive.
Wattage and Amperage are two different things. 200w is much different to 0.5A for anything in general, but yes, our pricing is extremely aggressive and generous. Generally what people would do is use SSDs which draw very little power (seeing as how there are no motors to spin platters) for OS storage and then use SATA disks for data storage. If people need more power, they either purchase more power or additional rack space and aggregate the power allocation.
No, people can put whatever they like into their rack allocation, provided it's designed for use within a datacentre facility and does not conflict with our terms of use. Generally speaking, if people exceed their power allocation, they are given multiple options (reduce their load, purchase more power/RUs, etc.) to help them with resolving the overusage in a timely manner and should they fail to remedy the situation, their services would be suspended until it is resolved.
Right so real world terms,
I slap one of these https://www.synology.com/en-global/products/RS818+ into a 1RU rack. It’s got 4x10TB drives running constantly 24x7 under a low CPU load.
Is it likely to draw more than 0.5?
Hi captain smash,
As that unit only has 1 PSU, you could yes.
150w ÷ 240V = 0.625A
As the overage is small, we would allow this at no additional cost. However, if you had multiple devices that were over, we would need to pass this cost on.
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