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Old 10-19-2007, 10:41 PM
WII-Aaron WII-Aaron is offline
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Originally Posted by cernst View Post
A cool idea, too bad it is only for co-location.

When I look at the domain, I'm thinking "Great! I'd love to see the data centers around me! It may provide contacts for future employment or peer networking opportunities!"
When I get to the mainpage, at 1024x768, the only mention of co-location is in the small text at the bottom.

I would have liked to add my data center to the site, but my data center is to support my corporate company, nothing else.
The problem with a list of corporate datacenters is qualifying them. What is the bar? If I have a rack in my basement that I host my website off of through my DSL connection can I be on the list?

Obviously we would consider facilities like 1and1's or Cerner's... and maaayyybbeee Yellow Freight's to be "real" datacenters (in the Kansas City area) but how do you qualify smaller ones.

I think the site listing facilities offering colo is a great idea. The implementation is also very good. I've already submitted 5 or 6 local facilities, even competitors, to add to the data.

Aaron
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