Data Center Colocation

Increase Your Server Uptime and Reliability

Time is money and any downtime is time and money wasted. Most companies experience a significant loss in efficiency or hard dollars when servers have any downtime. There are situations in which any downtime is out of your control. How do you minimize the negative impact? Whether it is your refrigerator connecting to the Internet to reorder groceries, or your fax machine automatically reordering its ink cartridge to be shipped to you, or something as simple as sending and receiving email, all of these services reside in a colocation Internet data center.

Colocation is a service that allows companies to place their company-owned servers in a service providers’ data center facility. Providers charge on a monthly basis for space, bandwidth and power. Although providers sometimes vary, space is usually sold per cabinet (approx. 40 U’s of space), bandwidth is usually sold in 10M increments and power is usually sold in 20 amp 120V circuit increments. The data center offers more security and more redundancy than you can obtain in-house.

How it works?

Data Center Colocation is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems. It generally includes redundant or backup power supplies, redundant data communications connections, environmental controls (e.g., air conditioning, fire suppression) and various security devices. The best part is your company doesn’t have to spend the money on equipment or maintenance. Everything is included in your colocation service plan.

What’s in it for you?

There are many benefits for businesses that need internet services that can be gained from quality colocation services that cannot be had any other way.

Save money. Outsourcing your data center space means eliminating many operating costs and upfront costs for items, such as AC, Fire Suppression, Earthquake-Proof Racks and Power Back-Up that can potentially cost thousands both up front and down the line. Eliminate the fact of having to worry about extra costs that could be taken care of by a provider.

Minimize downtime costs. These data centers make your servers’ security and condition a top priority. Providers have investedsometimes millions of dollars into their data centers to give them a level of reliability and security that no small or medium-size company could ever afford to implement. This will allow your business to excel just like any other.

Maximize internal office space. Save your office space for your resources and other items that you can manage efficiently. This will give you enough space to put in extra desks.

Better Network Speed and Reliability. Most colocation facilities run BGP and have redundant internet networks and different internet backbones coming into their facility. In contrast, when a company sets up a network connection on-site, they usually just get the typical average amount Internet bandwidth with limited, inefficient back-up.

Network and Server Specialists. These facilities have the best network and server specialists who do nothing other than help with colocation customers’ network gear and servers 24/7 and thus these are the very best trained personnel to be found. This means that you wont have to worry about finding IT people, saving you time and money.