The Benefits of Colocation Hosting
Today there are multiple answers for the best hosting available and it’s a question each business needs to address. The solutions won’t necessarily be the same for everybody, and the most responsible thing is to learn about the different options out there and consider what’s right for you. There’s no one size fits all solution. Businesses who aren’t huge or are particularly adept at IT may consider colocation hosting. This is a service where businesses essentially rent a space from the company and manage and install the server themselves. There are a number of things to consider when deciding to use colocation hosting.
Colocation gives you flexibility because you’re able to choose the hardware configuration of the server and the accompanying software. Also, because you’re renting someone else’s space, they have to deal with air conditioning, fire controls, and maintaining a connection to the internet. This is helpful, as it’s obviously a few less things on your mind. However, if you’re a sufficiently large company you’re not going to design your system around the fact you get fire controls handled for you. Also, the flipside is you’re in charge of dealing with that server’s upkeep.
In other words, you need to know what you’re doing. There are other options available that don’t require you to be so hands on, and more companies are leaning in this direction. But if your business model allows you to devote the time and money to IT then you’re looking at a smaller initial deposit. Again, it depends on the nature of your business; if you expect it to grow and fundamentally change, then you may have more demanding IT requirements down the road. In this case, colocation hosting may be good for the time being so long as you can do the managing yourself, but down the road things may change. You must consider where you are now, where you’ll be in the future, and exactly what is the nature of your business. Along the same lines, if you don’t have a very complicated use for IT and your network isn’t very large, colocation can be appropriate.
The flashier, more mobile forms of hosting require a company to be of a certain size and complexity, or a plan to develop and grow to become larger in the future. Otherwise, you need not invest in a system that’s designed to work in synch with a multitude of interconnected parts while keeping up with the latest integrated technologies. It sounds terrific, and for a certain kind of company it really is, but it’s got to be the right for your needs. You have to know the technology and you have to know yourself.
In a world full of hype and media sensations, there’ll be talk and pressure about everything before, during and after it’s come out. If you’re a business leader, it’s up to you to ignore it and only consider the factors that matter, which in this case are the capabilities you’ll require of your system.
Global leaders in private clouds, data centre and private clouds services with 31 data centers around the world.
Global leaders in private clouds, data centre and private clouds services with 31 data centers around the world.
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