Background DriveScale is a fast-growing, venture-backed provider of hyperscale data center computing infrastructure. The company was founded by highly experienced IT executives who have built enterprise-class systems such as Cisco UCS and Sun UltraSparc. DriveScale’s offering allows data center managers to deploy flexible, scale-out computing infrastructure using standard servers and commodity storage. Why Choose Colocation? Since we are involved in developing scale-out infrastructure for Hadoop environments, we needed a datacenter. We had some of that internally in a closet, but it was loud and not so effective. We realized we needed more to support our compa- ny growth and our requirements were a colocation facility with proper high-density and power. Our major concern was

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