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Date:      Fri, 29 Jan 1999 15:38:58 -0500
From:      Mark Conway Wirt <mark@intrepid.net>
To:        Jason Thomson <jason.thomson@mintel.co.uk>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Colocation Services?
Message-ID:  <19990129153858.G25277@intrepid.net>
In-Reply-To: <36B1F76F.E91F285F@mintel.co.uk>; from Jason Thomson on Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 06:01:20PM %2B0000
References:  <36B1F76F.E91F285F@mintel.co.uk>

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On Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 06:01:20PM +0000, Jason Thomson wrote:
> Can anyone provide co-location services for a (FreeBSD) web server?  (Or
> recommend a provider who can).  It needs to be FreeBSD because we use a
> custom FreeBSD application (although it could probably be ported).
> 

Your best bet is to check with a provider who is local to Chicago.
>From an ISP's point of view, the OS you run doesn't come into play when
figuring a co-location agreement.  We co-host Linux, solaris, and NT
boxes and it's all the same to us.

Geography *is* important, BTW, when  something breaks and you need to
drive down and fix it.  Just ask our NT co-lo's ;-)

Most ISP's won't provide access to "OS-level services."  If you need
data-base access, for example, you're probably limited to the
co-location realm, unless you find an ISP that just happens to run the
server, database, and middleware pieces that you need.  We had someone
call just yesterday who wanted to "bring her business" to us, but
needed root access on our main server so she could "create accounts
when I need them."  I think not.

--Mark

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