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

[Gilles Gravier]

Nad,

Try these guys : http://www.ntteurope.com/

Of course, they have special offers if you are running on Sun. :) Ever 
try Ubuntu on a Sun UltraSPARC T1 1U or 2U server? :)

Gilles.

nad wrote:
> W
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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