Colocation hosting is a service model where a customer pays for the space of the hosting server and has the freedom to choose the server configuration and the software hosted on it.
In colocation hosting everything that goes along the connectivity, redundant power supply, backup, cooling, fire suppression, network routers, internet backbones etc is taken care of the colocation service provider.
Customers get reliable uptime as they are provided redundant facilities for network equipment and servers. In a colocation setup, you share the bandwidth of your provider by caging your machine in his rack. You take your own server and get it placed in the server racks of your provider or else you can also rent a server from the hosting provider.
Another advantage of colocation hosting is that you get a sound shield from the pitfalls of server outages. During times of natural calamity like thunderstorms, power-shutdowns, you can avail of power generators and backup power for the services to keep running without fail.
Considering the costs involved in dedicated server hosting and in transporting the machines to the data center, Colocation hosting relieves you of such expenses. Moreover, as a client you no longer have to worry about hiring tech support guys to fix any unforeseen or sudden snags in the performance of the servers.
Colocation hosting is not new to web hosting India providers given a long list of service providers. However, it is a great proposition that rids you of the limitations of having your web presence on a share hosting infrastructure. Neither your database is disturbed.
Talking about rentals for putting up servers in racks, the servers heights start from 1U to a full rack and generally servers are available in 1U or 2U configurations. Exceptional ranges can be 3U or 4U for machines with a too many hard drives.
A number of important considerations have to be looked into while selecting a colocation host. Key elements like power backups and secure and authorized access to servers are always there. However, it is also important to check with providers regarding the number of IPs they can provide you. Multiple IPs is a must if you are keen on having features like Private Nameservers, Anonymous FTP or game servers.
Not to be missed is the guarantee that your servers will not face downtime issues. If your colocation host has no provision for this, you may move on and find one that does. It is good that you don't give up on soliciting the acceptable usage policies, disclaimers and Service Level Agreements from your host as they are your natural safeguards against contract violations.
Dr Sanjay Joshi
Online Marketing Head
Znet Technologies
ZNET Technologies Private Limited (formerly ZNET India) is India's leading Web hosting and IT infrastructure company with global client base including Bajaj Finance, Sahara Global, Indian Nuclear Society, ClearTrip, NDTV Hindu, eBrandz, News 24, Birla Medisoft, etc The core of the company is to provide domain name registration, Web hosting services (Windows, Linux and Java), business email hosting, SSL certificates, dedicated and Hyper-V powered VPS servers and reseller hosting services to global and local clients. Visit http://www.znetindia.com.
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