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For "finding datacenters", traceroute is useful. You can just pick some websites and see where they host. For example, is seems that pinboard.in is hosted at ht
by notaddicted 13y ago
For "finding datacenters", traceroute is useful. You can just pick some websites and see where they host. For example, is seems that pinboard.in is hosted at http://he.net/colocation.html http://he.net/colocation.html, Fremont 2, or at least that is where I am being routed.
- beachstartup 13y agothis is only useful for clients who aren't running their own switches & bgp. if they are running their own network, they can peer with ISPs that don't have physical locations in their dns names. this is a thing you can request, for obvious reasons.
- dmourati 13y agoHE's FMT2 is a hellhole of a "data center" if ever there was one.
- theatrus2 13y agoAs someone who has equipment there, I agree. Its not a datacenter. However the pricing is not bad, so its a real get what you pay for.
- timr 13y agoHe did say that he believes it's better to host in two cheap places than one expensive one.... Aside: back in the early days, a lot of YC startups hosted at HE. I think it was one of the first JTV colos, actually.
- dmourati 13y agoDisagree. Twice the headache. Put all your eggs in one basket then watch that basket. Get bigger, repeat. I'd go from 2 to 3 faster than 1 to 2.
- timr 13y agoI don't think he was making an argument for ease of maintenance, but rather, reliability per dollar. Even if you've got two crappy datacenters, you're at least redundantly crappy.
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