| How do you choose a colocation data center in South | | | | for professional technical assistance in server |
| Florida, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Palm Beach? First | | | | management. |
| you have to know what colocation – also called | | | | With dedicated virtual servers clients can, in turn, offer |
| colo – is, of course. According to a colocation | | | | dedicated hosting or managed hosting services since |
| company which is itself based in South Florida, Miami, | | | | they do not share the server with other companies. |
| Fort Lauderdale, and Palm Beach, a collocation data | | | | They can host multiple websites, as well, and even sell |
| center is what is known as a carrier hotel which | | | | such services. They can get enough disk space and |
| provides network, server and storage facilities, as well | | | | power from their leased server and pass on the |
| as interconnection with other telecommunications | | | | competitive pricing to their own clientele. |
| service providers and network service providers in a | | | | If the client has its own server equipment complete |
| simplified process and at lower cost. These are often | | | | with the corresponding duly licensed software, it can |
| provided by network access point facilities such as | | | | house its servers in a reliable colocation data center |
| NAP of the Americas. | | | | facility. The advantage is that such facilities are |
| Colocation companies usually also provide broadband | | | | state-of-the-art, with environment controls that are |
| internet access, VoIP, internet network security, | | | | carrier class, redundant uninterrupted power supply, |
| managed dedicated colocation hosting, dedicated | | | | and an uptime guarantee of 99.9% founded on a Tier 1 |
| virtual servers, private networks, data storage and | | | | Internet foundation. They also have round the clock |
| data backup, among other services. They provide | | | | maximum security protection. Colocation data centers |
| companies with the ability to allow load balancing, | | | | lease rack space for the client’s servers and |
| mirroring and growth which may be difficult to do | | | | provide power, internet access and complementary |
| when a company is using a server that is in-house. | | | | services such as backup and storage, tape rotation, |
| Providing such business applications accessed online | | | | firewall protection and others. The range of services is |
| through the internet with data and software stored on | | | | flexible and scalable depending on the needs and |
| virtual servers in a remote location is also known as | | | | budget of the client. |
| cloud computing. | | | | Clients who own their server equipment have the |
| If the clients do not have server equipment of their | | | | option of installing and maintaining their servers by |
| own, they can lease dedicated virtual servers for a | | | | themselves in the collocation data center whenever |
| year, renewable, from colocation companies. They | | | | they need to, or sending all their equipment to the |
| may also choose to rent dedicated virtual servers on | | | | collocation data center to be installed and maintained |
| a monthly basis. This way, they can be flexible and | | | | professionally by technicians of the service provider. |
| can upsize or downsize the server capacity they are | | | | Colocation data centers that offer the lowest prices |
| renting, as necessary. Leasing requires minimal cash | | | | but do not give an uptime guarantee for your server |
| outlay for setting up as opposed to making an | | | | will not save you money. In fact, you will be putting |
| expensive business server purchase. | | | | your entire business at risk if you choose such false |
| When leasing dedicated virtual servers, you can | | | | economizing options. Any downtime means loss of |
| choose from unmanaged servers or managed | | | | client trust in your company and you cannot afford this. |
| servers. The advantage of leasing unmanaged | | | | In choosing a colocation data center in South Florida, |
| servers is that the client has full control over all | | | | Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Palm Beach you should, |
| elements of the leased server functions. This includes | | | | therefore, choose one with the best uptime guarantee |
| the server’s operating system, its applications and | | | | complemented by the finest software, the best |
| all web content. On the other hand, it may be more | | | | operating system and expert technical support. |
| convenient for a client to pay an additional service fee | | | | |