Colocation Hosting

In Colocation hosting, you purchase a server from a hardware vendor, have it custom build specifically for your own company, you then place your server in a collocation hosting provider's rack and share their bandwidth as your own.

Unlike dedicated hosting whereby you only rent/lease a server in collocation hosting you will actually own the server, basically this therefore implies that it’s going to cost you more than standard
Web hosting, but much less on a comparable basis on the amount
of bandwidth into your place of business

Is it for You?

This option works well for larger companies that want to be able to work on any solution regarding their web hosting immediately, companies that needs more control on their server, need more bandwidth to keep up with high traffic volumes or for companies with lots of data to store and would like to incorporate very customized and specialized web sites that would be able to function at peak performance.

Individuals or businesses that run small sites probably do not need the level of service provided by collocation hosting and their needs will be better meant within a shared web hosting plan.

Colocaton hosting is really all about control you should consider the factors and disadvantages of colocation hostingbefore choosing this option.

Once the serve has been purchased, you will then place the server in a data center and get connected to the Internet through a colocation hosting provider. Just like other web hosting providers, this can either be a standalone outfit i.e. a data center, a web hosting reseller or a third-party company that rents server a space from a data center.

Once it's up and running, you will access your server much like you would access a Web site on a hosting provider, the only difference being that you own the hardware.

Factor.

Ideally there are two important factors to consider when choosing a colocation hosting provider to place your server. Choose a collocation hosting facility that is geographical proximal to your place of business
for fast and easy maintenance.

Secondly choose a collocation hosting facility that’s close to your target demographic/market for optimal connection speeds. Ideally, you'd like both.

When transporting the server to the hosting provider, care should be taken to protect your equipment, it will be wise to insurance your server.

Once it’s installed the hosting provider is responsible for making sure its network is available, provides an IP, bandwidth and power to your server. Your business will be responsible for all support and maintenance of the server.

Costs.

Because a higher level of knowledge is required when using this type of hosting, your business will definitely need to hire an Internet Technician
to monitor and maintain the server.

The cost of a colocation hosting package is usually determined by the amount of rack space your server will take up, if you use a tower server,
it will cost even more. Rack space measurement is based on a rack unit (1U) of 1.75 inches in height. It therefore may be worth to invest in servers that conform to measurement in rack units in order to limit your hosting costs.

Other costs that may be incurred include bandwidth for any other extra services your colocation hosting provider may offer and insurance for your server.

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