London Data Centres (your recommendations, please!) :)

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From: LinuxLearner <linuxlearner at mail15.com>

Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:06:10 
To:Ubuntu-Users <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Cc:linuxlearner at mail15.com
Subject: London Data Centres (your recommendations, please!) :)


Hi All,

I want to buy my first rack server, and place it, once I've configured 
and built on it in the home-office, into a data centre in London.

Of course it will be running Ubuntu! :)

Could people please provide some suggestions of who it would be possible 
to contract with to get (initially) one of the following:

1.  1u (the smallest rack size, if that is incorrect!);
2.  2u (double the smallest size)
3.  The smallest size of lockable part of a full rack.  {I understand
     this is 4u, but on little research:  help!!}.

I have very few funds, as I am in start-up, and need the most reliable, 
lowest cost provider, giving me the space, power & bandwidth only.

It would be great if any suggested providers could also provide on-site 
hardware support, if needed, on a pay-per-case basis (so I can go on 
holidays, and business trips, sometimes, without worry of major downtime!).

Please, guys 'n' girls:  who are the major players in this sector of the 
market; who is trying to sell 1u, 2u and quarter racks, and doing so 
most cheaply/reliably?!?!

FWIW, I access London via Waterloo, so if there is any much 
geographic/transport issues of physically me getting to the site of the 
server, please provide that detail, too, as I would like of course to 
work out how long it would take me to get door to door, hardware in 
hand, if things went down.

Finally, and part of the reason for posting here.  To differentiate 
between the different suggestions; do any of these companies support in 
any way FOSS/Ubuntu?  I would like to give what little cash I have to a 
company that in some way contributes to Ubuntu, or failing that, FOSS 
more generally.

TIA - great list; Ubuntu - I love it! :)

LinuxLearner (hereafter LL)


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