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Andy Smith wrote: > Hi Paul, > > On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 05:03:00PM +0100, Paul Sutton wrote: >> What is a data centre. > > It's a place where internet carriers meet so that people can put > their hardware all in one place without having to have a lot of > costly individual links to get to the backbone. I think I'd probably describe that as an exchange point rather than a data centre (eg LINX, LONAP). Though an exchange point would probably be hosted in a datacentre. I'd expect a datacentre to provide power/AC/security and optionally connectivity, though some require you to provide your own, or provide it via a default carrier at an extra cost. (People do sometimes require data centre facilities without internet connectivity -- for DR/backup sites, for instance, where a private point-to-point link may be adequate.) James -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html