Colocation Data Centers, Collocation, Co-location

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Benefits of utilizing a colocation facility.

Colocation data centers can help protect your day-to-day IT functions that are essential to your business. There are several benefits to using a colocation facility to store your IT equipment.


If your business is located in an area of the country with extreme weather (such as hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding), Colocation data centers allow you to have a separate location for data storage, back-up, and both bandwidth and power redundancy to allow business continuity in the event of a major disaster.


Another advantage of using a colocation facility for equipment storage is the availability of power redundancy. If for any reason your business location loses power, your network traffic will not be affected. Every colocation facility has a back-up if direct power (or commercial power) is interrupted. The power supply is routed to a UPS (uninterrupted power supply), consisting of a large bank of powerful batteries, and is then routed to the generators. Many facilities have at least two separate units for UPS and multiple generators to supply power in the event of a power outage at the facility.


Colocation centers are located in markets where larger bandwidth circuits such as Ethernet and Metro Ethernet are widely available. Colocation can offer reduced costs on bandwidth for customers who are not located close to fiber but need the flexibility provided by larger circuits.


Bandwidth redundancy is another benefit of utilizing a colocation data center. Depending on their exact location, colocation facilities allow access to several types of bandwidth (Bonded T1, DS3, OC3, OC12, Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet) from several providers. If your bandwidth is disabled at your business location, your network traffic will not be interrupted. There is also redundancy at the colocation facility itself because the bandwidth is provided by multiple carriers.


You can access your servers remotely (via an internet connection) or on site for maintenance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. You may also have the option of allowing an employee of the data center to perform maintenance on a temporary basis or on a regular schedule. Many colocation centers offer multiple layers of security in order to enter the facility. Key cards, on site employees, 24-hour video monitoring and biometric security measures ensure that your equipment cannot be accessed without your permission.


By utilizing a colocation facility, you can be confident that your mission critical business functions are continued regardless of weather interference, power loss or bandwidth disruption.

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