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Server Colocation is the location and
implementation of servers within a
colocation data center to allow for a large Internet
connection and
bandwidth. In addition, server colocation facilities
provide the necessary infrastructure including UPS with backup batteries, prime source
generators, voltage smoothed premium power circuits,
highly specialized building construction, cabinet / rack
configurations, cable management systems, raised
flooring, specialized air conditioning systems, state of
the art security systems including digital CCTV
surveillance and
customer parking.
Server Colocation includes the placement
of your own servers and equipment
within a server colocation data center (or server colocation facility)
along with hundreds or even thousands of others servers. The
server colocation data center
is managed by certified network professionals and
provides reliable networking, power, connectivity and
security services. You can access your colocation
servers by visiting the facility, managing
them over the Internet or your very best option, using
On Site Colocation Services
that is often called Remote
Hands Services.
Server Colocation offers many advantages for you as a
customer including:
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High speed
Internet bandwidth connections
via multiple carriers to prevent costly downtime. |
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Guaranteed power incorporating UPS
and batteries for short term
combined with an onsite diesel prime source generator for extended outages. |
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Servers can be shipped
to the
colocation data center and installed by
on
site professionals. |
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Additional servers,
cabinets and bandwidth can
easily be added as your needs grow. |
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All services are
monitored by network engineers 24 hours per day, 7
days per week, 365 days per year. |
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Server Colocation facilities
utilize state-of-the-art electronic security, camera
systems and on site security guards to
protect your equipment. |
Server Colocation
Cost
Server Colocation requires an initial investment for
the servers, plus ongoing hardware and software
maintenance. You will pay a monthly fee for
the space and the bandwidth used by
your servers.
Not only is Server Colocation of much better quality
than hosting your servers in your own facility, it is
far less expensive as well. You can gain the benefits of
huge economies of scale as the fiber network and the
Internet services are already in place. You can have a
100 Mbps Internet connection or up to a 10 GigE internet
connection for many times less than what you could have
these connections installed in your own office space.
When you add up the costs, Server Colocation is far
less expensive than hosting your servers and other
related equipment in your office environment . If
you were to purchase A T3 (45 Mbps) line for your office
or home, this would cost between $6,000 and $8,000 per
month. If you were to purchase two T3 lines that would
equal 90 Mbps, you would have to pay between $12,000 and
$16,000 to have this much bandwidth at your home or
office. In a
server colocation data center facility, 100 Mbps is
only $1,500 per month! Colocation is a fraction of
the cost of bandwidth at your location.
If you were to hire a single person to maintain your
servers 24 hour per day at your office location, you
would need to provide for three eight hour shifts, 7
days per week, for a total of 168 hours per week. This
adds up to the equivalent of 4.2 people. At a modest
salary of $40,000 this equals to $168,00 per year!
This means you would spend an additional $14,000
per month in personnel to maintain your servers. So,
even if you were to only consider the bandwidth and
personnel costs, (the complete costs are actually much
higher than this) you would have to spend at least $28,000
per month to house and maintain your servers yourself,
versus only $1,500 per month for Server Colocation!
When you add up the tremendous extended costs for
personnel,
Internet bandwidth, power, real estate and
air-conditioning; you will receive tremendous economies
of scale as overhead cost is shared by the many
customers in a
server colocation data center. This is a
fraction of the cost you would otherwise pay! With very
large amounts of power usage comes an abundance of heat,
in turn requiring very specialized and very expensive
air-conditioning units that are not available in a
typical office environment. Your landlord typically
would not allow you to retrofit your office with a
special air-conditioning system, or install power
generators and power transformers into leased office
space. In fact, a landlord typically won't let you install
anything other than what every other tenant has in the
building. He/she is only concerned about leasing
the space to the next tenant when you vacate the space.
Any out of the ordinary infrastructure makes it
difficult and costly to re-let this space to another
customer. When you consider all of these things, not to
mention having much better quality service, server colocation is much less expensive, much more practical
and infinitely easier than trying to house and maintain
your servers within your own office space.
Server Colocation
Space
Your server will be mounted in the rack or a locking
cabinet with rack rails. A rack is a metal framework
that houses electronic equipment.
The space used by your servers is measured in Rack
Units (RU or "U-Space"). This is the unit of measurement
used for defining the vertical space used. A 'U' is
equivalent to 1.75 inches (4.45cm).
1U Server= 1.75" of Vertical Rack Space
2U = 3.5" of Vertical Rack Space
4U = 7.0" of Vertical Rack Space
A full rack can contains 40 to 42U
1/4 Rack=10U (10 servers of 1U)
Half rack =20 U (20 Servers of 1U)
When shopping for your servers, you should choose rack
mount servers (or rack mounted servers) because they
includes the rack mounts installed on them, sometimes
called rack 'ears', that hold the rack screws which are
used to attach the servers to the rail rails.
Tier 1 Server
Colocation
Tier 1 Server Colocation gives you much greater
reliability by offering redundant Internet bandwidth,
redundant power, redundant air conditioning, and
redundant on site 24/7 staff. Tier 1 Server Colocation
utilizes Worldwide Tier 1 International fully redundant
OC192 backbones with additional 10 GigE network
connections to hundreds of Internet networks!
With Tier 1 Server Colocation, electrical power is all
voltage smoothed with UPS and generator backup for the
quality 'up time' you expect and deserve.
Server Colocation
Results
When outsourcing to Server Colocation, you will
immediately realize tremendous cost efficiencies as your
capital and operational costs are greatly reduced.
Choose a
server colocation provider that connects to hundreds
of networks so that your servers and equipment will
achieve the maximum 'up time'. Server colocation also
allows you to take advantage of this high density
through the facilitation of cross-connects. As a result,
the need for expensive local loops is eliminated. You
and your valuable customers can benefit immensely from
an expert
server colocation provider, and in turn, you can
also benefit by building a strong reputation for your
business by utilizing a truly integrated server
colocation solution complete within a state-of-the- art
colocation facility. It is imperative that you place
your servers in a safe environment in order to protect
your data, restrict access, and avoid potential
reliability problems. Rely on server colocation to bring
your products and services the stability, security, and
know-how you require to be successful in today’s
challenging and competitive business environment!
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