Re: [Nolug] Colocation provider in New Orleans

When I was working for Orangetwine (aka as Air2LAN, now) and was looking for another job, it was
between InterCosmos and Stennis Space Center - went with Stennis and the 45 minute each way job
instead of fighting downtown traffic -- sounds like a tight operation, though.

Brett

--- "Mark A. Hershberger" <mah@everybody.org> wrote:
>
> I won't be able to make it tonight, but I thought I'd tell you guys
> about my experience with a New Orleans-based colocation provider:
> Zipa.com.
>
> If you've not heard about InterCosmos, you owe it to yourself to
> check out their services. Things like DirectNic.com and Zipa.com
> show that it is possible to run a nice Internet-saavy company out of
> New Orleans.
>
> Until this week, my only experience with the company was some domain
> names that I bought through DirectNic.com. That, and occasionally
> seeing some of their techs down at the Rue on Carondolet.
>
> However, on Monday night, the motherboard on the server that hosts
> everybody.org (and my other domains) got fried. I'm not sure what
> happened, but when I tried to reboot it, I got nothing. No beeps or
> prompts: nothing. I promptly freaked out.
>
> Still, after the initial freaking, I decided there wasn't much I could
> do and went to bed. I got up the next morning, called my buddy in
> Indanapolis who works with me on the server to get the name of the
> vendor and set about getting it replaced under warranty as well as
> purchasing an additional server so we would have a backup next time.
>
> But that would take time. They don't have 1U servers sitting around:
> shopping for server hardware is more difficult than desktop hardware.
> So, in the meantime, I talked about my woes with a co-worker. He
> asked if I had heard of Zipa.com and I called them up.
>
> I asked if they would have a server that I could put my SCSI drives
> in and they connected me to Mike. Mike said "Sure, come on over."
> So, 30 minutes after finding out about Zipa, I was in their build
> room getting the my Linux drives to work with their SCSI adapters.
>
> If you get a chance, you should ask for a tour of their facility.
> They have 6000+ square feet of space for hosting with 3 OC3s (3*150
> Mbs) coming into their space at 650 Poydras.
>
> That, and they do a lot of Linux.
>
> Mark.
>
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