151 Front Street West, Toronto
Quarter rack colocation. Ten units, locked, yours.
10U of private, lockable rack space at 151 Front Street West from $749 a month. 20 amps, 1Gbps unmetered, a /29 subnet and 24/7 unescorted access. Four dollars a month more than five units in a shared rack.
Lockable rack space
Per month, CAD
110V circuit included
Quarter rack explained
Ten units of your own locked rack.
A quarter rack is 10U inside a dedicated locked enclosure at 151 Front Street West containing only your equipment. No other client shares the enclosure, and each rack has a unique access code known only to your authorised team.
You get 24/7 unescorted access. Visit at any hour, with no scheduling and no Amanah staff needed to accompany you.
10U lockable private enclosure, 24″ W x 42″ D x 19.25″ H.
20 amps at 110V included, four times the circuit on a 5U shared rack.
1Gbps unmetered uplink, /29 subnet with 5 usable IPv4 addresses. Up to a /24 available.
24/7 unescorted via card or Bluetooth, two access cards included.
99.99%.
The crossover
Four dollars more than five units.
Five rack units in a shared rack cost $745 a month. A quarter rack costs $749. Both numbers are published on this site, so the comparison is something you can check rather than a claim you have to take on trust.
Five units, shared rack
5U of lockable space inside a cabinet shared with other clients, on a 5 amp circuit. No physical separation from other tenants.
Quarter rack
10U in an enclosure only your team can open, on a 20 amp circuit. Double the space, four times the power, sole occupancy.
Four dollars a month is the entire difference. Most providers at 151 Front Street West publish no price at all, so there is nothing to compare them against.
Capacity
What fits in 10U.
Ten rack units holds a small production estate with room left to grow. Plan the power alongside the space: a 20 amp 110V circuit is loaded to 80 percent, so budget roughly 1.7 kW of usable draw rather than the nameplate figure.
Two to three hosts
2U servers, the usual shape of a small virtualization cluster or a web and database pair.
One to two U of switching
A top-of-rack switch, and a second if you want redundant uplinks.
One to two U of firewall
A single appliance, or a pair if you run them active and passive.
Leave headroom
Filling all 10U on day one leaves nowhere for growth and makes every later change harder.
Included with every quarter rack
What comes with the 10U.
1Gbps unmetered port
Dedicated to your hardware. No data caps, no overages. Upgradeable to 10Gbps or 100Gbps on request.
/29 subnet 5 usable IPs
A /29 IPv4 subnet included. Additional subnets and BYOIP with BGP available on request.
Always-on DDoS mitigation
Traffic monitored and filtered continuously. No configuration required. Active from day one.
24/7 unescorted access
Access your rack at any hour via physical card or Bluetooth (Verkada app). No scheduling. 2 complimentary cards included.
Cross-connects
In-suite and MMR cross-connects available. Direct access to 400+ networks at 151 Front Street West.
Facility TOR2
N+1 redundant power, UPS and generator. Enwave cooling. SOC 2 Type II, PIPEDA, PHIPA. 99.99% uptime SLA.
Sizing
Quarter, half or full.
Moving up a tier later does not mean moving facilities. Your hardware stays in TOR2 at 151 Front Street West and keeps the same IPs and uplink.
1U to 5U in a shared rack, 1 to 5 amps.
10U private enclosure, 20 amps. You are here.
21U private enclosure, 20 amps. More space, not more power.
44U private enclosure, 2 x 20 amps A and B.
FAQ
Common questions about quarter rack colocation.
Sizing and price
When should I move from per-U to a quarter rack?
At 5U. Five units in a shared rack cost $745 a month and a quarter rack costs $749, so the moment you need a fifth unit you are paying quarter rack money for half the space and a quarter of the power. At 3U or 4U with no growth planned, per-U is still the cheaper option.
How many servers fit in 10U?
Two or three 2U hosts plus a switch and a firewall is a comfortable quarter rack. Five 1U servers plus networking also fits. In practice the limit is power rather than space: the included 20 amp 110V circuit is loaded to 80 percent, which gives roughly 1.7 kW of usable draw.
Is a quarter rack better value than two or three more units in a shared rack?
Above 4U, yes. Shared rack space is $149 per unit per month, so 6U would cost $894, more than a quarter rack at $749 for 10U. The crossover sits at the fifth unit.
Power and access
Do I get more power than a 5U shared rack customer?
Substantially more. A 5U shared rack includes 5 amps at 110V. A quarter rack includes 20 amps at 110V, four times the circuit, for four dollars more a month. If you need more than that, additional and higher-capacity circuits, 208V and three-phase are available.
Is a quarter rack actually locked, or just allocated space in a shared cabinet?
Locked. A quarter rack is a dedicated enclosure holding only your equipment, with a unique access code known only to your authorised team. That is the difference between private and shared rack: in a shared rack your hardware sits in an open cabinet alongside other clients, with no physical separation.