Quote Originally Posted by universaltruth View Post
Do you always order from the DC and then directly colo there? or purchase from newegg or some where?
Typically if you are doing colocation, you bring your own equipment into the datacenter. That means you need to purchase and acquire your own equipment.

You can order your equipment from any vendor (Dell, Supermicro, etc.) or via a VAR (value added reseller). For our colocation needs, we tend to buy a majority of our equipment from a Supermicro reseller that is local to us (San Diego, California) and then host all our equipment at datacenters in the Downtown Los Angeles.

Some colocation providers can sell you hardware but its typically not the norm but rather the exception.

What datacentes are you looking to colocate your equipment in?