1. Research Triangle Park NC

1.1. Contacted

1.1.1. Awaiting Reply

• Intrex (Raleigh, NC)

• DukeNet (Raleigh, NC)

• Dash Systems (Raleigh, NC)

1.1.2. Received Reply

• Tranquil Hosting (Raleigh, NC)

  • They have space in Dallas TX, but not in Durham NC.
  • 10U Rack space
  • 10 power outlets, with web-based remote reboot capability
  • 6 amps power at 208V (equivalent to 10 amps at 120V)
  • /27 IP subnet
  • Dedicated VLAN with 10 switch ports
  • Bandwidth burst speed 100Mbps
  • 2000GB monthly data transfer ($0.10 per GB overage)
  • Redundant BGP network
  • 1/2 hour remote hands free per month
  • additional remote hands at $80/hr (15 minute increments)
  • Location: Dallas, TX

  • Total: $495/month (+ $500 setup fee)

• Peak 10 (Raleigh, NC)

  • BrianTempleton and ClintonEbadi met with a Peak 10 representative on Friday 2009-09-25 @ 13:30 EDT

  • 1/4 Rack, 2.5Mbps bandwidth
  • $1625/month (+ $850 setup fees)

• Enterprise Hosting (Raleigh, NC)

  • No space in their Raleigh data center, but they do have space in Atlanta
  • Location: Atlanta, GA
  • Setup fee: $790
    • Rack 6U of equipment
    • Service setup fees
  • Recurring Charges: $610
    • 6U rack space
    • 2mbps burstable to 10Mbps bandwidth
    • 5 (units -- unsure if this is W or not) 120V power
    • 160G onsite backups
    • Free remote reboots

• Hosted Solutions (Cary, NC)

  • ClintonEbadi and BrianTempleton met with a representative at the Raleigh Data center on Monday 2009-09-28 @ 14:00 EDT

  • 1/2 rack, 5Mbps bandwidth
  • $2100/month (+ $1760 setup)

• Celito (Raleigh, NC)

  • BrianTempleton and ClintonEbadi met with a Celito representative on Monday 2009-10-05 @ 14:30 EDT

  • 1.5TB transfer (additional transfer @ $100/250G or $300/1TB)
  • /27 subnet
  • 1 hour remote hands
  • 1/4 Rack
    • $625/month (after $20/month non-profit discount)
    • $250 setup (after $250 non-profit discount)
  • 1/2 Rack
    • $695/month (after $130/month non-profit discount)
    • $0 setup (after $500 non-profit discount)

• Deltaforce (Raleigh, NC)

  • Would need to get another rack in their data center, so would be prohibitively expensive

1.2. Not Contacted

• Level3 (Raleigh, NC) (?)

  • Unable to confirm whether or not they have a Raleigh Data Center - They were last known to have a facility adjacent to the Hosted Solutions North Raleigh location, however they were not talking to anybody. Was creepy quiet.

• Colocation.com (Raleigh, NC)

  • It appears they only offer full rack colocation in Raleigh

• Netriplex (Raleigh, NC)

  • Requires setup cost equivalent to one month of hosting, and their online quote calculator lists what we want as costing $1295/month - note the Asheville center is one of their own, and is WAY cheaper

• SunGard (Raleigh, NC)

  • No email contact address (phone only) - sungard (the old inflow) has a lot of empty space, however they seem un-enthused about generating new business with no on-site sales staff.

2. Houston, Texas

2.1. Contacted

For every place that was contacted there was between one and two places that I did not contact because they only sold full cabinets. I followed links to resellers (when available) and their services were not acceptable for our purposes. I believe that perhaps Houston did not provide the advantages that we had speculated it would. Dallas and Austin are apparently much better for our purposes. -FrankBynum

2.1.1. Awaiting Reply

• K2 Colocation (Houston, TX)

2.1.2. Received Reply

• Acronoc (Houston, TX)

  • "Basic support includes 24/7 free reboots, loaner KVM access, RAM replacement, hard drive replacement and power supply replacement. For any hardware replacement you would have to ship in your own components or purchase replacement parts from us.
  • No setup fees
  • Location: Houston, TX
  • 1/4 Rack Colocation (10U) w/PDU (remote reboot) - $447.30/mo
    • 100Mbit/s Uplink - Free, (Optional: 1Gbit/s Uplink $20/mo)
    • 10Mbit/s 95th percentile bandwidth commitment (roughly 1-2TB/mo of transfer) - $110/mo
    • 32IP (30 Usable) /27 Subnet - $16/mo
    • 24/7 Access to data center w/ 2 hour notice.
    • Total: $573.30/mo
  • 1/2 Rack Colocation (21U) w/PDU (remote reboot) - $733.95/mo
    • 100Mbit/s Uplink - Free, (Optional: 1Gbit/s Uplink $20/mo)
    • 10Mbit/s 95th percentile bandwidth commitment (roughly 1-2TB/mo of transfer) - $110/mo
    • 32IP (30 Usable) /27 Subnet - $16/mo
    • 24/7 Access to data center w/ 2 hour notice.
    • Total: $859.95/mo

• Data Foundry (Houston, TX)

  • No space available at their Houston facility, only in Austin.

• Level 3 (Houston, TX)

• The Planet (Houston, TX)

  • Both offer only full cabinets. Spoke with resellers at these facilities, but neither allowed 24/7 site access and both charged exorbitant fees for escorted onsite visits.