Growth of online traffic for a business will often demand greater capacity than can be delivered by shared hosting services. Greater capacity is thus required to avoid a situation that compromises service quality to their online visitors. There are several options that can be adopted to achieve this. One of these options is to acquire, house and operate a server. There are several significant financial and technical implications that result from taking this option and they can be avoided by opting for either a dedicated or collocation. Choosing either of these will depend on the particular needs of the business, your future plans and the level of sophistication required.
Dedicated servers are rented from a data center and they are totally committed to your business alone. The service provider will supply the equipment and ensure that your server has uninterrupted connection to the internet. Data and equipment security are other responsibilities that the service providers will be taking on. On the other hand, colocation requires that you buy a server and have it housed by a service provider who will ensure its safety and provide you with uninterrupted access to the internet. At the moment you may not see any reason as to why you should not immediately sign up for a dedicated server. Anyone not needing high performance equipment can definitely go for this option. Where high specs and special server features are required, a collocation service is the best bet. Otherwise they might encounter problems in finding a service provider with equipment that satisfies their special needs.
Those planning to manage their own hosting after a short period will also find that collocation works very well for them. The reason for this is that you and your team will have gained valuable insight into the working and performance of your server through interactions with the service providers. You will also have the servers at hand when you decide to move the hosting to your site as the equipment is yours though it is kept by the service provider.
Long term you may also find the higher fees charged for dedicated hosting could actually amount to a more expensive operation. Colocation is charged at a lower rate because the service provider is only charging you for bandwidth and other supplementary services but not the use of equipment. You will be able to make a good decision when you calculate your costs by factoring the fee charged and the expected duration of service.
Server collocation also allows you complete freedom and access with your server. When taking up other server options you may encounter restrictions from the service provider as regards software. It is possible that permission may be denied when you wish to install applications that the service provider considers unsuitable.
Unique specs or plans to manage own hosting are some of the strong reasons that businesses will prefer to go for collocation servers.
Dedicated servers are rented from a data center and they are totally committed to your business alone. The service provider will supply the equipment and ensure that your server has uninterrupted connection to the internet. Data and equipment security are other responsibilities that the service providers will be taking on. On the other hand, colocation requires that you buy a server and have it housed by a service provider who will ensure its safety and provide you with uninterrupted access to the internet. At the moment you may not see any reason as to why you should not immediately sign up for a dedicated server. Anyone not needing high performance equipment can definitely go for this option. Where high specs and special server features are required, a collocation service is the best bet. Otherwise they might encounter problems in finding a service provider with equipment that satisfies their special needs.
Those planning to manage their own hosting after a short period will also find that collocation works very well for them. The reason for this is that you and your team will have gained valuable insight into the working and performance of your server through interactions with the service providers. You will also have the servers at hand when you decide to move the hosting to your site as the equipment is yours though it is kept by the service provider.
Long term you may also find the higher fees charged for dedicated hosting could actually amount to a more expensive operation. Colocation is charged at a lower rate because the service provider is only charging you for bandwidth and other supplementary services but not the use of equipment. You will be able to make a good decision when you calculate your costs by factoring the fee charged and the expected duration of service.
Server collocation also allows you complete freedom and access with your server. When taking up other server options you may encounter restrictions from the service provider as regards software. It is possible that permission may be denied when you wish to install applications that the service provider considers unsuitable.
Unique specs or plans to manage own hosting are some of the strong reasons that businesses will prefer to go for collocation servers.
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If you choose colocation for example over a dedicated server check out CCS Leeds's server co-location.
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