MV Communications: Server Co-location

Server Co-Location

What is Server Co-Location?

With our co-location service (aka colocation or collocation), you can place your computer system or multiple computer systems at our facility in order to take advantage of high internet bandwidth. You don't have to pay for expensive circuits to your location, and you have access to much higher bandwidth than you'd get over most kinds of dedicated circuits anyway.

For most server applications, you have a mix of requirements: you would like to be able to service individual requests quickly and at high transfer speed, but on the average you may not use a great deal of bandwidth. Whereas it may be costly and wasteful to pay for a high-speed connection to your location just to satisfy your need for small bursts of high-speed transfers, you can easily and economically place a server at our facility. Here, you can use bursts of high bandwidth but only pay for the average bandwidth you use over time. And even better, the base bandwidth allotment that you get greatly exceeds the requirements of most small business servers.

What do you get?

Routable IP address and access to Internet bandwidth provided via 10/100Mbps ethernet port

Allocation of Internet bandwidth equal to an average of 512Kbps (up to approximately 150 gigabytes bytes per month)

24-hour building entrance and colo area access via electronic card or key

UPS power for standard sized server (350W)

VGA monitor and PC keyboard (AT and PS2 style) device for shared use.

Subnets available (see subnet accounts (personal colo excepted)

New co-location orders: up to 3 months free!

With server colocation, you can place your computer (your server) at our facility, where it has access to our high-speed Internet backbone connections to rapidly deliver information to your clients. You have 24hour cardkey access to this temperature controlled facility with its own entrance. Set up your new colocation, pay the setup fee, and then receive your 1st, 4th, and 7th full months free!

Your free months will be the first, fourth, and seventh full calendar months in which you have continuous colocation service. For example if your service starts on June 10 and continues through at least the following February, your months of July, October, and the following January will be free. (Usage in the free months must not exceed your customary billable rate; any extra billable amount may be invoiced at our discretion.)

See our colocation information for complete details.

Pricing/Info

You may have special requirements not mentioned here- be sure to ask us if you do!

Type Setup Monthly

Rackmount $250.00 $250.00

Rackmount server should be mountable in a 19" relay rack using center or end mounting and should use no more than 10U (about 18") of vertical rack space.

Non-rackmount $300.00 $300.00

Non-rackmount server (e.g. a tower or mini-tower) will be placed at MV's discretion either on a rack shelf on a 19" relay rack, or on alternative shelving. Server may share shelf space with other customer equipment. Server should be at most 24" in height.

Personal co-location $75.00 $75.00

We have created a bandwidth pool, shared by the servers in that pool. The pool is restricted to an average data rate that is calculated as 64Kbps times the number of servers in the pool, with the caveat that this pool will never be less than a T1's worth, or 1536Kbps. Because of the way usages average out, your personal server will typically be able to serve data on demand at rates up to the pool's total bandwidth. Abusers will either be asked to stay in line or move out of the pool.
The Personal Colo service is a "bare bones" colo for people who want a low-cost colocation, e.g. for a personal system. Personal colocation comes with a single routable IP address -- no additional addresses or subnets are available.

Type	Setup	Monthly

Rackmount	$250.00	$250.00
Rackmount server should be mountable in a 19" relay rack using center or end mounting and should use no more than 10U (about 18") of vertical rack space.

Non-rackmount	$300.00	$300.00
Non-rackmount server (e.g. a tower or mini-tower) will be placed at MV's discretion either on a rack shelf on a 19" relay rack, or on alternative shelving. Server may share shelf space with other customer equipment. Server should be at most 24" in height.

Personal co-location	$75.00	$75.00
We have created a bandwidth pool, shared by the servers in that pool. The pool is restricted to an average data rate that is calculated as 64Kbps times the number of servers in the pool, with the caveat that this pool will never be less than a T1's worth, or 1536Kbps. Because of the way usages average out, your personal server will typically be able to serve data on demand at rates up to the pool's total bandwidth. Abusers will either be asked to stay in line or move out of the pool. The Personal Colo service is a "bare bones" colo for people who want a low-cost colocation, e.g. for a personal system. Personal colocation comes with a single routable IP address -- no additional addresses or subnets are available.

Notes:

Server should use 110V AC and have a power supply of 300W or less;
If you have higher bandwidth needs, see here.

What else?

You'll be asked to sign a contract agreeing, among other things, to keep hands off any equipment that's not yours, to guarantee that you have all appropriate licenses, and permitting us to take various actions that we might need;
You'll be expected to abide by our policies and terms and conditions;
You should have no additional external devices, including power equipment, cords, cables, connectors, etc, unless explicitly approved in writing by MV personnel;
During our business hours, you may make requests of MV personnel for simple "hands on" operations and we will try to accomodate these requests based on our availability.