Re: [Nolug] Colocation provider in New Orleans

This is the colo shared with I-55, correct? I was just there the other
night working on some servers that I manage for a client. Small world. It's
a nice colo, and you can't beat having one in your backyard.

At 03:29 PM 8/21/2003 -0500, you 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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