Maxnet vs Orcon for Co-Location

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myfullflavour

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#73021 7-Dec-2010 13:38

Hi,

Any existing co-lo customers of Maxnet and Orcon here?

Experiences? Got a couple of new boxes to go live for a project so keen to see who thinks what of these two major suppliers.

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#414013 7-Dec-2010 13:43

Maxnet, no doubt.

Both got new facilities (well, Maxnet is renewing theirs), but Orcon's support is awful for the colo if you don't have a half-rack or better.

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#414079 7-Dec-2010 15:32

There's no shortage of companies offering co-location these days:

Catalyst IT (Wellington, CDB)
Citylink (Wellington, CDB)
DataCom (Auckland, North Shore, Albany)
Digiweb (Christchurch, Technology Park near Airport)
HostingDirect (Auckland, North Shore, Albany + leased space in Orcon DC)
Iconz (Auckland, CDB)
Orcon (Auckland, North Shore, Albany)
Maxnet (Auckland, North Shore, Albany)
Modica / OneSquared ( )
Snap / The Colocation Company (Christchurh, Sydenham)
The Data Centre (Auckland, CBD)
Vector (Auckland, North Shore, NorthCote)
WebDrive (Leased space in Maxnet DC)
Unleash (Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland **Not sure if these are leased space in other DC)
Xtreme Networks (Wellington, Thorndon Quay)

.. I'm sure there are more.

You probably want to take into account a bunch of factors like:

- Site visits: attended/unattended, cost of emergancy access, visiting hours
- Peering and transit redundancy
- Bandwidth options/features CIR etc
- Security and backup features
- Cost of bandwidth/data
- Convenience of location
- Contract term

etc

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#414327 7-Dec-2010 22:24

We're in the process of moving - it's on hold currently until our work load is back under control ... however:

Vector don't do co-location (unless you're housing telco equipment)
Unleash do have their own datacenters. (they're also the only hosting company that I contacted that offered IPv6 directly off the bat.

The bunch of factors that Ragnor mention are definitely things that you must consider...

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#414439 8-Dec-2010 09:08

I use Webdrive who lease Maxnet space. I highly recommend them - they provide fantastic customer service in my experience.

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#415716 10-Dec-2010 21:53

Ragnor: There's no shortage of companies offering co-location these days:
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Maxnet (Auckland, North Shore, Albany)
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We also have a Christchurch DC now, great for a DR site or if you don't like snap :P

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#416325 13-Dec-2010 00:54

I would try Hosting Direct they have great prices and the guy that runs it is always up for giving customers deals. They also have a lot of other services which you may need and are very competitively priced.