When businesses and individuals research server solutions, they find one of two things: (1) They need to spend large sums of money to purchase the support, hardware, and other infrastructure they need; or (2) they need to settle for insufficient solutions due to the prohibitive cost of renting or purchasing an adequate solution.
This leaves these parties spending either too much on their hosting or investing too little. Both works hurt business, profits, and usability in the long run, which means that it’s important to find something that falls in-between the two aforementioned outcomes.
Colocation Hosting service gives parties a middle-ground solution that aims to provide the same level of support and robust technology that large corporations have access to. This is done by allowing companies and individuals to rent the space available on a large server rack so that they can place their own server hardware on it.
This provides a few unique advantages that other solutions couldn’t even begin to fathom.
Firstly, this allows businesses to use the hardware of their choice. This means that they can engineer the configuration, choose the server’s operating systems and supplemental software, and tweak as many of the settings as they wish without having to contact another company or to pay extra to be able to do so.
Secondly, it allows them to benefit from the same level of support and the same secure environment that larger companies enjoy. The same experienced technicians that monitor and provide full support to the servers that drive large corporations can be made available for but a fraction of the price that hiring a full-time staff would cost. They also have tenure and pass regular security checks, which further ensures that a company’s colocated server will be safe.
Thirdly, colocation allows a business’s servers to remain up even when they move or face power outages. Colocation facilities like those as Volico tend to have redundant power systems that ensure that servers will remain up even in the event of a natural disaster.
Colocation provides businesses and individuals with more affordable solutions that allow them to run their own server hardware. This can save money, headaches and hassle in the long run, which makes it one of better solutions for parties who need a server.
Colocation hosting provides businesses that don’t necessarily need a robust hosting setup and small businesses with the same level of IT support and features that large corporations have by allowing other businesses to host their website on the same server rack as that of a large corporation’s.
This allows businesses to have a redundant and safe environment for their website, as well as a hosting situation where there will be minimal downtime due to network issues, power loss or maintenance.
These features make it ideal for small businesses or medium businesses that aren’t quite sure that they need to take the leap towards dedicated hosting yet.
The largest advantage of colocation hosting is the reduction in cost to your business versus if you were to try to set up your own server. Bandwidth and power are cheaper due to the fact that the corporation you’re using for colocation already receives a discount for buying in bulk. The only thing your business has to pay for is the cost of setting up your own server hardware.
Colocation facilities tend to have superb protection from power outages. While your business’s office may face several days without power due to storms, downed power lines or other natural disasters, a colocation facility will usually have a backup system that prevents prolonged periods of inaccessibility due to power outages.
When you use colocation hosting, you get to choose everything about your web server. That includes the hardware, what software you want to run and how it is configured. Colocation gives your business the option to configure your web server to your business’s needs without having to pay extra for it.
The last major benefit of colocation hosting stems from the security and maintenance your server will receive. Professional IT personnel are able to maintain and manage your server hardware while ensuring that no unauthorized individuals have access to your hardware.
Volico’s Colocation Hosting Service
When companies outgrow IT infrastructures and lack the capital, space or extra staff to expand properly, colocation is a viable alternative. At Volico, we can help with data growth and application performance. The dedicated hosting that our facility provides remains ideal when desiring flexible expansion, wishing to reduce security risk, and needing to stabilize finances. Statistics indicate that these are the reasons that more than 60% of companies turn to data center colocation services.
At Volico, our initial and continued goal involves providing a fully-integrated hosting environment that clients can trust. When utilizing our Managed Services, your business benefits from our dedicated and dependable team of certified engineers and product partners. Our data centers support your enterprise whether you are looking for business continuity, a primary service provider or a location to ensure your equipment remains safe and functional in the event of natural or technological disaster.
Our Tier IV data center facilities continue evolving to meet the needs of our clients. Our Smart-Grid infrastructures also ensure reliability and flexibility. At Volico, we offer continual security monitoring, support and back-up services, logical and physical access all within an environmentally controlled setting. Our technology features include:
* SAS70/SSAE16 certification
* HIPAA compliance
* NIST compliance
* Category 5 hurricane protection
* 2N+X Smart-Grid redundant cooling and power
Additionally, we spare no expense in terms of security, as our facilities employ only the most advanced technology that includes 7-point military-grade access control protocols. Facial recognition, fingerprint biometrics, and strategically positioned man-traps are but some of the modalities that protect your equipment when housed at our data centers.
Whether you need a quarter rack featuring five amps of power or an entire suite with exponentially more power, Volico capably handles your dedicated hosting needs. We take pride in offering unequaled service at affordable rates.
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