A carrier hotel or a collocation center is a form of data center, wherein multiple customers locate storage gear, server and local network and then, interlink them to a variety of other network service providers and telecommunications with a minimum of complexity and cost. Organizations are increasingly recognizing the advantages of collocating the mission-critical equipment within the data centre. As a result of using shared data centre infrastructure, collocation is becoming increasingly popular by the day. Typically, substantial scale benefits lead to large facilities for collocation, in the range of 4500 to 9500 square meters. With the communication and IT… Read More
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Which is the Best? Dedicated Server or Co-location Web Hosting
June 16th, 2010 
Admin After knowing shared hosting no longer cuts it, and one’s single office connection is not enough to host a web server – now an important question which arises is which is best, leasing a dedicated server or buying own server and co-locating someone’s data center?
Distinction
If one is unsure of the difference; here it is in a nutshell. If one co-locates, it simply means renting space within someone else’s facility to store his/her own server or servers. It is very much similar to a high tech gym locker that user is renting all or part of to house his/her… Read More
