It's very often suitable to rent a number of dedicated servers to suit a hosting requirement. Colocation can on the other save businesses money due to the costs associated with renting the hardware. With colocation you offset a lot of the cost by purchasing the hardware up front, and then paying just for the rackspace and bandwidth you need. So what colocation packages can you buy? We will examine them from the largest, to the smallest.
The top 'colocation package' you could pay for, would be a datacentre. Having your own datacentre is a very complicated job- you'll need to sort out connectivity, power and security from the ground up. Most businesses will rule this out due to the sheer cost and practicality. The size of a datacentre ranges anywhere from a few racks to thousands.
A lockable cage or suit might be considered if a datacentre is overkill. A cage or suit gives you your own private enclosure. The benefit of this is you are separated from other customer's racks.
If a lockable cage or suite is a bit over the top, then you can look at renting your own racks. Normally a rack will be around 40U of space, and you will have up to 16 amps of power. You'll normally fit around 30 servers in this rack. Because of the green lobby concern for the environment and the every increasing cost of power, servers are becoming more and more power efficient. Racks are fully secured- locked back and front which gives piece of mind that you are isolated in your very own private space.
A full rack might not be the best bet if you are only hosting a few servers- and you might instead consider quarter or half lockable racks. Half and quarter lockable racks offers security at a fraction of the cost of a full rack. Quarter and half lockable racks often share the same power with other racks. Make sure you have your own power feed for peace of mind.
For those with only a couple of servers, lockable racks might be a bit too much. Don't fear- there is a colo package for you. Many companies will rent out proportions of a full rack allowing you to buy shared rackspace. From a 4U down to a 1U server, you have plenty of flexibility. Check before you sign up, to ensure your colo provider allows supervised access. Obviously being in a shared rack you are sharing bandwidth and power with other customers, thus the price reflects the risk.
The various colocation packages demonstrate the choice you have with colo. Whatever you need to host, you should find the right colocation package.
The top 'colocation package' you could pay for, would be a datacentre. Having your own datacentre is a very complicated job- you'll need to sort out connectivity, power and security from the ground up. Most businesses will rule this out due to the sheer cost and practicality. The size of a datacentre ranges anywhere from a few racks to thousands.
A lockable cage or suit might be considered if a datacentre is overkill. A cage or suit gives you your own private enclosure. The benefit of this is you are separated from other customer's racks.
If a lockable cage or suite is a bit over the top, then you can look at renting your own racks. Normally a rack will be around 40U of space, and you will have up to 16 amps of power. You'll normally fit around 30 servers in this rack. Because of the green lobby concern for the environment and the every increasing cost of power, servers are becoming more and more power efficient. Racks are fully secured- locked back and front which gives piece of mind that you are isolated in your very own private space.
A full rack might not be the best bet if you are only hosting a few servers- and you might instead consider quarter or half lockable racks. Half and quarter lockable racks offers security at a fraction of the cost of a full rack. Quarter and half lockable racks often share the same power with other racks. Make sure you have your own power feed for peace of mind.
For those with only a couple of servers, lockable racks might be a bit too much. Don't fear- there is a colo package for you. Many companies will rent out proportions of a full rack allowing you to buy shared rackspace. From a 4U down to a 1U server, you have plenty of flexibility. Check before you sign up, to ensure your colo provider allows supervised access. Obviously being in a shared rack you are sharing bandwidth and power with other customers, thus the price reflects the risk.
The various colocation packages demonstrate the choice you have with colo. Whatever you need to host, you should find the right colocation package.
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