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What is Colocation?
Colocation services are for people that need complete control over their server configuration in a given facility. It is a service in which a company will connect a server that you own to the Internet. Some of these companies can even build or resell a server to you. In a dedicated environment, the server itself is owned by the web hosting company. In a collocated environment, the server is your own. A server is mounted in a rack. A rack refers to the metal framework that holds electronic equipment and usually contains bays. The size of colocation facilities and servers available vary, server racks have a finite amount of space available, which is measured using “rack unit” dimensions the standard size of a rack mount server is 1 U or 1 ‘rack Unit’, 1U is equal to 1.75 inches or 4.45 cm. This is the unit of measurement for defining the vertical space within a colocation facility. A 2U server takes double the amount of space of a1U server, just as a 4U server would take the space of 4 by 1U servers. Rack mount servers come in several sizes depending on the manufacturer and the hardware contained within. The higher the rack unit the more space accessible and the more a collocations customer can expect to pay.
What is a Colocation Service Provider?
Operation of a colocation center requires expertise in Power Distribution and Cooling (HVAC), Networking, Security, and much more. A Colocation Service Provider takes the complicated procedures needed for your colocation server hosting needs and simplifies it by being your Colocation Service Provider. Colocation Service Providers build and operate a colocation data center to house your networking and colocation hosting servers. A Colocation Service Provider maintains a state of the art facility with all of the tested components for high availability hosting. Unmanaged Colocation Service Providers provide space and power and allow negotiations of bandwidth with various network providers in the building which results in a higher monthly fee. A Managed Colocation Service Provider like has already negotiated colocation network services and make available smaller quantities of bandwidth to save your organization money.