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Re: multi-homing
From: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>
Date: 5 Dec 1999 12:48:44 -0800
On Sun, 05 December 1999, Alex Rubenstein wrote:
I'd disagree whole-heartedly (partly because I am not a huge, national tier-1). Wouldn't you rather connect your equipment to a smaller company, that is potentially more flexible, has more clueful people, has better pricing, and is multihomed to maybe 3 or 6 or 9 backbones?
The top three Internet data centers I've seen are all inhouse designed and operated. Unfortunately, the worst three Internet data centers I've seen also were home-grown. Carrier operated co-location facilities have advantages and some disadvantages. The marketplace is driving them all to meet about the same level of quality, so there is less of a surprise factor associated with them. The Insurance Services Organization has already prepared underwriting reports on them, so its easy to get insurance. Other tenents have already done their own vetting of the operation. But, like every industry, there will always be some room for the specialty shops which offer a level of personal service large players can't justify. I find it interesting after the 1980's and the era of "personal computers" once again the computing industry is back to the timesharing model of large data centers. ASPs?
Current thread:
- multi-homing Dana Hudes (Dec 05)
- Re: multi-homing Alex Rubenstein (Dec 05)
- RE: multi-homing Roeland M.J. Meyer (Dec 05)
- RE: multi-homing Roeland M.J. Meyer (Dec 05)
- some implications of provider scaling Randy Bush (Dec 05)
- Re: some implications of provider scaling jlewis (Dec 05)
- RE: some implications of provider scaling Roeland M.J. Meyer (Dec 05)
- Anyone know of Colos available in New Orleans or Jacksonville David Diaz (Dec 06)
- RE: multi-homing Roeland M.J. Meyer (Dec 05)
- Re: multi-homing Alex Rubenstein (Dec 05)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: multi-homing Sean Donelan (Dec 05)
- Re: multi-homing Jeremy Porter (Dec 05)
- Re: multi-homing Rich Braun (Dec 06)
- Re: multi-homing David Diaz (Dec 07)