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| ▲ | 0x1ch 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Every colo I've visited has a system for allowing physical access for our equipment, generally during specific operating hours with secure access card. |
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| ▲ | calvinmorrison 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | secure access cards, IDing, bag check, and a tech following you around. Of course cabinets are all locked up as well. A lot of these places are like fortresses |
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| ▲ | kube-system 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I've only ever seen that at data centers that offer colo as more of a side service or cater to little guys who are coloing by the rack unit. All of the serious colocation services I've used or quoted from offer 24/7 site access. Basically anywhere with cage or cabinet colocation is going to have site access, because those delineations only make sense to restrict on-site human access. |
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| ▲ | jcrawfordor 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| To be quite honest I've never seen a colo that didn't offer access at all. The cheapest locations may require a prearranged escort because they don't have any way to restrict access on the floors, but by the time you get to 1/4 rack scale you should expect 24/7 access as standard. |
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| ▲ | firesteelrain 10 hours ago | parent [-] | | Same. We would colo and had racks behind chain link fencing that was locked behind cipher locks |
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| ▲ | olyjohn 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I don't think so. I don't think anybody is going to hand off their server and ask someone else to hook it up. Also, you need access so you can troubleshoot hardware issues. |
