Comments on: Oh No CoLo, Go Go Godzilla (Apologies to Blue Oyster Cult) http://blog.softlayer.com/2010/oh-no-colo-go-go-godzilla-apologies-to-blue-oyster-cult/ A Behind the Scenes Look at the Best Hosting Provider in the World Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:20:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Tyler http://blog.softlayer.com/2010/oh-no-colo-go-go-godzilla-apologies-to-blue-oyster-cult/comment-page-1/#comment-39826 Tyler Thu, 31 May 2012 14:39:54 +0000 http://blog.softlayer.com/?p=2352#comment-39826 $50/Mbit and $2,500/rack are insane numbers. Those aren't averages by any means, you can get a full rack on average with 40 amps for roughly $1200/month and bandwidth, depending on how much you commit.... but let's say at 100Mbit, you can get it around $5-10/Mbit. With those numbers, colocation is much cheaper than going directly with Softlayer. The only benefit with going with a provider such as Softlayer is that you don't have to worry about spare parts / hardware replacements and that's what you pay a premium for. If you are local and have spare parts near by, it's always cheaper to colo. $50/Mbit and $2,500/rack are insane numbers. Those aren’t averages by any means, you can get a full rack on average with 40 amps for roughly $1200/month and bandwidth, depending on how much you commit…. but let’s say at 100Mbit, you can get it around $5-10/Mbit.

With those numbers, colocation is much cheaper than going directly with Softlayer. The only benefit with going with a provider such as Softlayer is that you don’t have to worry about spare parts / hardware replacements and that’s what you pay a premium for. If you are local and have spare parts near by, it’s always cheaper to colo.

]]> By: Kristoffer http://blog.softlayer.com/2010/oh-no-colo-go-go-godzilla-apologies-to-blue-oyster-cult/comment-page-1/#comment-26930 Kristoffer Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:26:46 +0000 http://blog.softlayer.com/?p=2352#comment-26930 Another thing is - you solely make the price on SoftLayer services smaller by basing upon base price. After my calculations - colocation is cheaper for my needs. But then again - it's likely more expensive when considering on demand and so on. Another thing is – you solely make the price on SoftLayer services smaller by basing upon base price. After my calculations – colocation is cheaper for my needs. But then again – it’s likely more expensive when considering on demand and so on.

]]> By: Rafael Cresci http://blog.softlayer.com/2010/oh-no-colo-go-go-godzilla-apologies-to-blue-oyster-cult/comment-page-1/#comment-6177 Rafael Cresci Wed, 10 Nov 2010 04:57:44 +0000 http://blog.softlayer.com/?p=2352#comment-6177 Mike, $50/Mbps is not a real number these days, less yet for some considerable value. Even expensive transit like Internap is way cheaper at this volume (you calculated 2.5TB each of the 150 servers, total 375TB, that is around a bit more than 1Gbps of sustained usage). Mike, $50/Mbps is not a real number these days, less yet for some considerable value. Even expensive transit like Internap is way cheaper at this volume (you calculated 2.5TB each of the 150 servers, total 375TB, that is around a bit more than 1Gbps of sustained usage).

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