Affordable colocation – watch out for monthly cross-connect fees

Is affordable colocation possible?  It is, especially in the Midwest.  A few outsource data center facilities offer:

• 99.995% uptime
• pricing models where you can pay-as-you-grow
• fair power billing based on actual electrical usage
• no cross connect fees in a carrier neutral data center facilities
• Fair pricing on managed services, if you need them.
• data center certification such as SAS70, TIA 942 that helps you avoid the costs of these certifications

Are you shopping for off-site data center facilities?  Look for these features.  Many clients overpay for their colocation facilities.  Don’t be one of them.

Alex Carroll

Managing Member at Lifeline Data Centers

Alex, co-owner, is responsible for all real estate, construction and mission critical facilities: hardened buildings, power systems, cooling systems, fire suppression, and environmentals. Alex also manages relationships with the telecommunications providers and has an extensive background in IT infrastructure support, database administration and software design and development. Alex architected Lifeline’s proprietary GRCA system and is hands-on every day in the data center.