Colocated servers

What is a collocated server?

A collocated server is an Internet server that is owned by a company but it is located at the server company premises and not at the company.

Now why is this arrangement is so popular? Many businesses wish to host their web site and email on their own hardware as it gives them total control over every aspect of their system, which actually is important to most. It gives businesses the ability to run custom software and sell Internet based services. But the reality is that hosting a server in the company?s own office is impractical due to high resource requirements such as bandwidth, secure power and temperature.

Collocation service providers can get the company connected right at the heart of the Internet at 100Mbit/s in a multi-million pound data center environment, which is great for a server.

Who needs a collocated server?

• Any business that wants to have full control of their IT resources.
• Any company that has outgrown shared web hosting and wants extended service.
• Web design agencies looking for a flexible solution.
• Web hosting resellers who want real control.
• Any company that is hosting servers on unreliable ADSL or low bandwidth leased lines.

All collocation customers usually receive

• 100Mbit/s burstable connectivity.
• Server monitoring and usage statistics.
• Instant web reboot facility.
• 24/7 Exclusive collocation phone support.
• Secure power with UPS / Generator Backup.
• Air-conditioned data center.
• Physically secure environment.
• 99.5% Network SLA.

Collocation server industry in the United States has grown considerably during the past several years. Most companies that are operating in this industry offer 24x7x365 on site technical support to serve their customers efficiently. Their managed services include monitoring, rebooting, online backup space etc. as well as managed service on demand availing network security, data storage, system administration and many more.