Colocation Hosting
Colocation Hosting is a service where the company rents the rack space in the data centre and keep the server in a data centre. The data centre offers infrastructure services like power, cooling, security, high bandwidth internet connectivity, etc. In other words you provide and manage the hardware and data centre offers the environment for you. You are responsible for the server operating system, application and maintenance as you own the server hardware. It is very similar to dedicated server but only difference is your server is kept in the data centre.
What are the things customers need to do?
Server installation
In the colocation hosting setup customers retain full control over their hardware equipment. This includes server hardware, operating systems, applications, data, and internal network configurations. Although the infrastructure is shared the hardware management lies with the customer. Purchasing the server and equipment’s is customer duty. He have to deliver the server and equipment to the data centre and they will install the server and allocate the rack space.
Remote server management
After initial server setup the day to day server management is done by the customer via remote server management tools. Using these tools one can make the server power on or off, monitor the hardware health, and perform troubleshooting. The users make use of the tools and control the server without the need of presence of the personnel in the data center.
Operating system and Softwares
Customer have to install the Softwares for the servers like operating system, control panels, virtualization platforms on their own. All the responsibilities of software related works lie with the customer.
Monitoring the server health
It is the duty of the customer to monitor the performance metrics of server like, CPU usage, memory utilization, network traffic and storage health.
What a data center offers?
Rack space
Rack space is a physical area inside the data center cabinet where the customer’s server and network devices installed. The types of rack you can rent is quarter rack, half rack, full rack and private cage.
Power supply
The data center provides continuous, clean, and backup-protected electricity to run your servers 24/7. It provides nonstop electricity with UPS and generator backup to keep your servers running even during power failures. Most data centers offer the redundant power i.e dual power feeds.
Cooling & Climate control
Servers run 24/7 and generate a lot of heat inside the data center. Cooling system removes heat produced by the servers and keeps the data center at a safe operating temperature. Complete control of the humidity, airflow, temperature by the data center is collectively called as climate control.
Internet connectivity
In data centers the internet connectivity is offered by the data centers. Data center links your server to the global internet. The type of internet connectivity you get from metered bandwidth, unmetered bandwidth.
Remote hand support
The remote hand support is offered by the data center. The datacentre technicians handle the customer equipment’s on the customer’s behalf. The technicians perform tasks like basic tasks, hardware assistance, and other network tasks.
Physical security
The main reason the customers prefer data center is high level security. Data center protects your servers from unauthorized access, theft, and physical damage. Some of the security features offered by the data centers are Entry control, Onsite security guards, rack level security, Visitor logging & Escort policy, Intrusion detection system and secure equipment handling.
Who can use the colocation hosting?
Colocation is best for the organization which needs control, performance, and high efficiency like Web hosting providers, Growing IT companies, E-commerce companies, gaming & streaming companies, finance organizations, companies that own their IT team, etc.
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