Colocation

Colocation hosting services lease offsite servers and software to companies looking to save money on their IT infrastructure. As part of the colocation package, providers manage and maintain their customers Internet connections and environmental issues such as air conditioning, uninterrupted power supply and fire controls. The downside to this arrangement is that the customer is responsible for maintaining the server itself.

Colocation hosting providers have begun encouraging their customers to rent dedicated servers that are serviced and maintained by the colocation company itself. By renting server space through colocation, companies are not required to build and maintain the infrastructure needed to host their own servers and maintain their own Internet connections or keep dedicated personnel on staff. That is the function of the colocation service. This represents huge financial savings to a small or medium sized company on the move. The colocation hosting service will take care of growing your infrastructure as your company expands.

IT managers can rest assured that colocation hosting services protect their servers with the most secure environment possible. The data centers are located in disaster resistant buildings, monitored on an around the clock schedule, protected by redundant air cooling and filtering systems and powered by a surge resistant power supply. System redundancy means uninterrupted uptime should any equipment go temporarily offline, and environmentally controlled conditions ensure a longer server life. Colocation also means that you enjoy dedicated bandwidth, RAM and other hardware that guarantees your server will run at its highest possible capacity.

In order to stay competitive in the 21st Century marketplace, businesses need to be connected to the Internet. Colocation hosting services ensure connectivity to hundreds of national and international backbone Internet networks to lessen the chances that your network will go down. Just think of how much business a shopping website would lose if its website crashes. Colocation also means that your business will be able to connect to a higher Internet bandwidth and improve its connectivity speed without spending valuable time and money on a system overhaul. Switching bandwidth at a colocation facility can take as little as minutes to accomplish.

Colocation customers also enjoy access to network and hardware specialists who are ready to service problems with your equipment as soon as they arise. Good colocation services include around the clock availability to perform management tasks, such as server recovery or swapping out a hard drive, as part of their monthly maintenance package.