RE: [cobalt-users] 250 site limit URGENT HELP REQUIRED

[Jeremy Anthony Kinsey <webmaster@xxxxxxx>]

Moritz Julian Ehlenz | M2Soft Systemhaus GbR said:

>Hi there,
>
>> It may sound not very funny, but I guess Jeremy already offered the
>> correct way to get around it: Buy another one. 
>
>The correct way to get around that problem would be not to
>buy another raq ever again (-;
>
I guess I am a bit miffed.. Lets see, assume you have 50 customers per 
RaQ paying you $50 per month... Multiple that.  That is about $2500 per 
month.  Assuming you are colocating, subtract the colo fee, perhaps, $250 
- $400/mo. worst case.  The box is making its moneys worth at that rate, 
and paying for itself in a month.  Now, even if you have say 250 (the 
RaQs limit, I think) at $10/month, you are still making $2500/mo.  Why 
over load it?  Get another box, and double your money.  Two RaQs = 
$5000/mo., less colo.  

I really shy away from loading much more than 50-100 sites on a box (even 
our own Linux Boxes that we build), and these are average sites.  It does 
your customers no justice to crowd one box with hundreds and hundreds of 
sites all fighting for the same CPU time.

The beauty of the formula above is that you can fit more RaQs per sq rack 
footage in a single rack than any other server out there.  A 7' standard 
cable management Rack with 40 RaQs, has  potential of generating about 
$100k per month.  Again, potential.

If its full, perhaps its time to expand.... That's all part of the 
business.

Regards,
Jeremy Anthony Kinsey
VP Network Operations        Colocate Your G4 Cube at cubelocation.com

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