Colocation – It is a special type of hosting much similar to dedicated hosting, in which the client places their own server hardware in the fully equipped data center.
Many experts are inclined to consider colocation of individual services, rather than the type of hosting, because it is more like rent physical space.
The client server is placed in a data center by the web host. Mounted in a special racks and connects to the Internet channels of high speed and bandwidth. Not necessarily the client must bring a physical server, they may be separate components – processor, memory and so on. Often the client also rents equipment at the provider.
The data center is a separate building, which contains lot of servers. Each server is supported by the relevant department of the temperature and climatic conditions, protection against fires, failures in power, physical security, etc. Everyday, data center experts monitor equipment failures and operational efficiency.
Special services for servers, data protection, data backup is usually performed for a fee and not included in the standard set of services.
Colocation is not used for simple data storage or websites. Usually, its users are more than simple hosting services providers, which thus saving on the “last mile”. Also put on the colocation super-server, telephony gateways, mobile operators, telegraph, hubs.
Prices for colocation services vary considerably depending on the power of data center network connectivity speed, the reliability of the protection of the server room.
Often mistakenly called colocation services to the dedicated servers. This is totally wrong. Colocation is in a different of hosting services and could not be counted in typical web hosting types.
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This post was written by on June 1, 2010
