Jump Networks - Colocation

Pricing:

Service	Install fee	Monthly fee
Server Colocation, including :- Rackspace 2x GigE ports (into redundant switches) 1x OOB port (Ethernet or Serial) 1x 1Mbps 95%ile IP transit Masterswitch port (no power included)	£50	Nil
Server Colocation :- Apparent power, per VA, metered at idle	Nil	£0.70

Bandwidth Services (with £175/month port fee for pair of GigE copper or fibre ports)
Commit Level	Price per Mbps/month	Burst price per Mbps/month
1+	£15	£25

Bandwidth Services (no port fee)
Commit Level	Price per Mbps/month	Burst price per Mbps/month
0.5+	£35	£40
1+	£30	£35
5+	£25	£30
10+	£25	£25
15+	£24	£25
20+	£23	£25
25+	£22	£25
30+	£21	£25
35+	£20	£25
40+	£19	£25
45+	£18	£25
50+	£17	£25
55+	£16	£25

Consultancy Services - Perhaps you need someone experienced with Internet systems to help.
Consultancy rate per hour at customer site	£50/hour onsite. £0.40/mile mileage.
Consultancy rate per day at customer site	£400/day (up to 10 hours) onsite. £0.40/mile mileage.

All prices exclude VAT. Services are invoiced quarterly in advance with payment due immediately before the start of the period invoiced for. No minimum contract length, but 28 days notice of termination required (refunds will be raised for any unused portion paid for). 10% discount available for customers choosing to pay annually in advance.

Colocation services include:

Everything most people want:
Rack Space (we no longer charge per unit of rackspace, but check about availability before buying equipment anyway).
2 GigE ethernet ports (into diverse switches).
1 240V power port on APC masterswitch (possibly two where available for equipment with multiple PSUs), customer control of masterswitches available via ssh to the terminal server.
1 Out of Band connection - either ethernet to connect your remote management card, or (where available) serial to a terminal server port (9600/8/N/1) which you can ssh into.
1Mbps bandwidth 95%ile 5minute intervals for each Internet facing server colocated (see seperate bandwidth pricing if you wish to have a crossconnect into Jump for using the bandwidth offsite).
As many IPs as you can justify per RIPE rules (see faq).

Bandwidth services:

We run a fully native IPv4 and IPv6 network, with multiple redundant upstreams and peers.
Billing is performed using ISP style 95th percentile usage based billing.

Supported configurations include:

Bring your own PI space / PA allocation, and we'll announce it in BGP for you, given the correct authorisation.
Request a subnet assignment from Jump's PA allocation, which we can route to you (note these addresses are non portable).
BGP peer with us, and we'll transit any prefixes you have the authority to announce.

Hardware:

Critical considerations need to include power usage and remote managability, the latest generations of servers are now including this in their design.

For power usage, a low idle current draw is critical - it doesn't matter how efficient the CPU performance per watt is if the rest of the system is drawing 1.0 amps at idle. Servers spend most of their time idle, thus our billing is based upon energy metering a fully booted yet idle (disconnected from the network) system. Ensure that you've done everything to optimise idle current draw - with speedstep/powernow, enabling various CPU sleep states, enabling reduced fan speeds, etc.

For remote managability, the ability to completely re-install an operating system from blank is desirable, eg in case of data corruption, system compromise, etc. Servers such as the Sun Fire X2100 M2 include this by default now.

Rack Mount Kit

Some of the major differences between 'poor' and 'good' rackmount kit are provision for slide rails (rather than just 'rear support brackets' which are often unsuitable for real world racking situations - see the faq for why), and ventilation. Make sure you order slide rails with the case.
In general, brand name equipment provides real rackmount solutions, and proper ventilation of its components. Good sucesses so far have included: