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Why Collocation Is A Better Choice Than Buying A Dedi Server
No matter how “cheap” a dedicated server hosting solution claims to be, it can still be out of the price range of a good many businesses. And if you end up going with one of the “cheaper” – yet still expensive – services, you are often going to pay a heavy price by way of lack of services. For many, collocation solutions are starting to become more attractive than dedicated servers. Often referred to as “colo” or “server colo”, co-location is the process by which you actually purchase a server, and then store it off-site.
Having an on-site server requires a lot of different financial outlays, from enhanced HVAC systems and well, just having room to store the thing. Then, you also have to have the expertise and know-how to handle all the physical aspects of owning a server. In the event of power outages or server issues, unless you wish to purchase a second server, you will have no backup protection for your server.
Through the use of colocation services, you can get all the benefits that come along with owning one’s own server, without the hassles of where to put it. As these are full fledge data centers, these companies allow you to easily “plug in” to their existing infrastructure. You only have to pay a fee for renting the space to be plugged into to the colocation company, and as you own your own server, you are not charged for bandwidth. When compared to hosting your server in your own personal business space, these fees are quite inexpensive.
There is security inherent in a data centers design like fallover capacity in the case of power outages, and generally, for a fee, they will host as many aspects of your server hosting needs as you would like them to. Basically, you can purchase your server and then decide how many aspects of the hosting process you’d like to manage yourself, and you can often “outsource” the rest. Using an IP address given to you by the data center, you can remotely access your server from anywhere in the world.
Whether looking for colocation options, or options elsewhere, there are a growing number of places that offer this service. With a quick online web search, you can find out all the options available at your disposal. Do your research and make sure that you choose a trusted data center that can meet all your needs.
While the initial financial outlay is going to be more expensive than simply renting a server, it will pay for itself over a short period of time, and you own the server, which means you truly have free reign over what you wish to do with it. Often offered through colocations companies themselves are cheap web hosting services, where the company sells its extra resources and provides web and server hosting solutions. Renting from one of these companies is still often cheaper than renting a dedicated server.
