Colocotion is the literal term for several entities placed in a single area. In business terms, colocation refers to computer equipment, whereby the computer services are sourced to a colocation datacentre, where they are managed and monitored by a third party - know as colocation hosting.
Why businesses use collocated hosting
Data systems in a technical space can experience faults because of changing humidity, cooling or variances in the power supply. This then causes all of the attached servers to go down, causing a period of downtime for all businesses on the network. These environmental issues can be difficult to monitor when your business has other primary considerations, which is where colocation hosting comes into play. Outsourcing to a colocation datacentre means that your entire colocation web hosting and colocation server hosting is placed into a specifically designed environment, compliant with best practice guidelines, where it can be constantly monitored, significantly lowering the risk of faults.
ControlCircle's colocation datacentres
At ControlCircle, our colocation datacentres are designed to provide an environmentally stable location for your colocation server hosting and colocation web hosting. Constructed in line with best practices, our evolutionary colocation datacentres fuse the facilities management infrastructure with the considerations of IT specialists, to bring you the latest in colocation web hosting and colocation server hosting architecture and technology.
Closely monitored collocated hosting
At our secure and reliable colocation datacentres, your colocation server hosting and colocation web hosting is closely monitored 24/7 by our team of qualified engineers. So not only to you have the stability of the environment, but any potential faults can be dealt with before causing downtime. Our collocated hosting also provides an on-the-minute reporting portal, which can tell you the exact current status of your server, as well as offer historic reports.
Disaster recovery
At ControlCentre, we are able to offer a bespoke disaster recovery plan, which protects you against any sudden or unexpected mishaps regarding your colocation hosting. This plan offers backup whether to disk or tape, multisite replication, a reduced cost of ownership and a dedicated team of experts to manage your collocated hosting at all times.
Virtualisation
If you require more servers, we can offer virtualisation, which provides your business with virtual servers on which you can run network resources CPU and memory without having to pay for new server hardware. Virtual servers are an excellent economical solution, since they require no additional cost to run; in fact, they require less hardware, so your operational costs will decrease. Virtualisation also gives you the opportunity to work with new and up-to-date systems, and new servers can be safely deployed as and when you need them, which will increase business productivity.
Colocation hosting from ControlCircle
At ControlCircle, we offer the solution to collocated hosting. Our colocation datacentres offer a reliable, safe and resilient environment for your colocation server hosting and colocation web hosting, ensuring that all of your computer services are running efficiently, and helping your business achieve maximum productivity.