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I was really wanting any maintenance to be done on site. I am going to work out an agreement with the host to do common maintenance, like swapping out a drive or mb. I'm pretty sure I could come close to passing the A+ exam right now, so if need be, I can do that stuff on my own.

I also get an onsite warranty with the servers, but I don't expect to much from that other than product replacement.
 
no cameras are allowed in data centers.

As far as cybercon working on YOUR servers, that probably won't happen. You're asking them to do work on something they don't own, probably not QA'ed before. That it how it works at colo facilities, they only provide you with physical space, power and a network connection, nothing else. If you need 'remote hands' support, you have to give them detailed instructions and pay an inflated fee.

The more you talk, the more it seems to me you should go with dedicated servers. Dedicated=they own the hardware and guarantee that it's up and on the network. You have administrative access and can do whatever you want with it, but you can pay for software support if need be. You will not have physical access to the dedicated machines. They'll lease you any configuration you want, from sun/freebsd/linux/windows with firewalls and hardware load balancers. All boxes are 10mbit/half duplex and you can upgrade to 100/full if need be.
 
you would be able to photograph other companies equipment and cybercons equipment, which are both confidential company secrets. I'd be willing to bet theres 3 or 4 signs posted in the building before you make it to the colo room stating the rules, no weapons, no cameras, no food/drink, etc.
 
Originally posted by: alrox
you would be able to photograph other companies equipment and cybercons equipment, which are both confidential company secrets. I'd be willing to bet theres 3 or 4 signs posted in the building before you make it to the colo room stating the rules, no weapons, no cameras, no food/drink, etc.
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Most of the data centers that I deal with have extremely strict policies on cameras and recording devices in the data center - One even goes so far as to search and inventory all equipment in your bag.

I've got a couple of comments for you..

If you want a real "lights-out" data center operation, skip the clones and go with a real server with a real on-site support plan. The techs at the data centers are often not "techies" like you might imagine - They might be network engineers, etc. but NOT the guys you'd want to swap out a motherboard for you. It would cost you WAY too much money (You'll pay $150-$200/hr for their service). What you need is a very supportable server - If it breaks, the SERVER VENDOR service tech can come fix it, then let the data center vendor do backups and restore the data once the server is back up.

If you plan on doing this commercially and selling your services, I would consider, at some point, spending the cash and getting or building a load balancer. It will help prevent the failure of any single server from taking down your whole site.

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