{"id":23462,"date":"2022-07-25T13:24:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T05:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/?p=23462"},"modified":"2023-01-04T09:49:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T01:49:17","slug":"about-colocation-data-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/about-colocation-data-center\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Colocation Data Center? 13 Benefits for Your Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23544 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/benefits-colocation-data-center.jpg?resize=696%2C364&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Colocation Data Center Benefits\" width=\"696\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/benefits-colocation-data-center.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/benefits-colocation-data-center.jpg?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/benefits-colocation-data-center.jpg?resize=1024%2C536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/benefits-colocation-data-center.jpg?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/benefits-colocation-data-center.jpg?resize=696%2C364&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/benefits-colocation-data-center.jpg?resize=1068%2C559&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/benefits-colocation-data-center.jpg?resize=218%2C114&amp;ssl=1 218w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/benefits-colocation-data-center.jpg?resize=803%2C420&amp;ssl=1 803w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is a Data Center?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/about\/datacenter\/singapore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data center<\/a> is\u00a0a facility wherein a robust IT hardware and software infrastructure is centralized and shared as <\/span><b>private servers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span>public sharing servers<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for various information systems tasks like storing, processing, and disseminating data and applications. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span>data center is extremely critical and is highly secured for it houses an organization&#8217;s critical and proprietary assets and is vital to the continuity of daily operations, using the hosted applications on managed VPS or unmanaged VPS<\/p>\n<p>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/exabytes-data-centres-and-how-can-it-help-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Data Centers Improve Your Business<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is a Colocation Data Center?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/servers\/colocation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">colocation data center<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a type of <\/span>data center<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where resources like equipment, space, and bandwidth are available for rent to retail customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A colocation data center is a large data center facility that rents out rack space to third parties for their servers or other network equipment integral to managing private servers.<\/p>\n<p>This service specifically benefits businesses unable to maintain their own data center, but still, wish to enjoy all the benefits that managed private servers can deliver.<\/p>\n<p>Servers and other hardware equipment from several companies are \u2018co-located\u2019 in one data center which is the colocation data center.<\/p>\n<p>Services could be constituting free VPS or private VPS networks, managed VPS or Unmanaged VPS offered to customers as per the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The service offers shared, secure spaces in cool, monitored environments ideal for servers, while ensuring bandwidth needs are met.<\/p>\n<p>The hardware is owned by the company and is maintained by the data center where it is housed, thus enabling ease of using the private servers as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/managed-vps-hosting-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">managed VPS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Such arrangement can facilitate the deployment of equipment in three or four different colocation data centers to create large geographic footprints and manage for optimal use.<\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the difference between a Data Center and Colocation?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>data center<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a facility that is designed and built to efficiently store, power, cool, and connect the IT infrastructure whereas <strong>colocation<\/strong> is one of many services offered by the <\/span>data center<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is the act of hosting IT hardware like <\/span>private servers<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span>managed VPS<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> outside the company premises and in a <\/span>data center<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What are data center tiers or data center levels?<\/h3>\n<p>Four different data center levels or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/about\/datacenter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data center tiers<\/a> are as below:<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Tier 1 Data Center<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Tier 1 Data Center (Basic capacity) is the lowest-rated tier which is a little more than putting a stack of servers in the office closet and can be resourceful as free VPS or Cheap VPS<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Tier 2 Data Center<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Tier 2 Data Center (Redundant capacity components) offering Tier-1 services, with few additions in handling any redundancy impacts.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Tier 3 Data Center<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Tier 3 Data Center (Comprehensive redundancy) is capacitated to handle far more superior redundancy protections that are preferred by most SMBs as part of their affordable VPS selection.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Tier 4 Data Center<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Tier 4 Data Center (Fault-tolerant) security marks the highest standard for data centers and is utilized by businesses requiring reliability, sustainable services in the managed VPS, and an affordable VPS environment.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Tier I:\u00a099.671% uptime; maximum downtime of 28.8 hours per year<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Tier II:\u00a099.741% uptime; maximum downtime of 22.7 hours per year<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Tier III:\u00a099.982% uptime; maximum downtime of 1.6 hours per year<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Tier IV:\u00a099.995% uptime; maximum downtime of 0.4 hours per year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/data-center-how-to-choose-the-right-tier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Which tier (1,2,3,4) is Right for Your Business<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>How do businesses benefit from Colocation Data Center Hosting?<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3>1. Reliability<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colocation facilities offer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/servers\/ssd-vps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">private server <\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">management essentials like cooling systems, power and communication systems, power backup, and disaster recovery plans, with multiple backups to ensure uninterrupted service setup.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>2. Performance<\/h3>\n<p>Necessary measures to keep the private server\u2019s deployment locations in desired-temperature controls, manage the necessary monitoring and controls to maintain optimal performance handling any kind of downtime triggers that could impact the services of managed VPS.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Physical Security<\/h3>\n<p>A data center is designed to protect the private VPS or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/managed-vps-hosting-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">managed VPS systems<\/a> from theft and other risks that impact the security of information systems and enforce stringent measures for securing data such as video monitoring, private suites, fire detection, and suppression systems and mantraps.<\/p>\n<h3>4. Uptime<\/h3>\n<p>Server uptime is a big advantage that the businesses experience by going for any of the data center tiers without an additional maintenance cost, and reliable services of managed VPS.<\/p>\n<h3>5. Risk management<\/h3>\n<p>Choosing a colocation data center facility ensures business continuity planning, disaster recovery planning, and backup systems management scope over the managed VPS networks.<\/p>\n<p>Predominantly such wide scope of risk management is possible within an affordable VPS environment.<\/p>\n<h3>6. Cost<\/h3>\n<p>One of the main advantages of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/servers\/colocation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">colocation data center<\/a> is the significant cost savings against an in-house private server.<\/p>\n<p>Huge IT infrastructure costs attributing to capital investments into the systems environment can be avoided in managed VPS environments as colocation centers.<\/p>\n<h3>7. Bandwidth<\/h3>\n<p>The colocation data center<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages superior levels of bandwidth, which enables a seamless flow of data processing and connectivity to the systems hosted in the <\/span>managed VPS<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> environment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/servers\/ssd-vps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Affordable VPS<\/a> is feasible in colocation data centers, due to its relative structure of combined infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>8. Support &amp; certifications<\/h3>\n<p>The colocation data center operates in compliance with global standards for IT systems management.<\/p>\n<p>Periodical assessment and audit of the data centers ensure checks and balances on how the managed VPS or affordable VPS environment is complying with the global standards.<\/p>\n<h3>9. Scalability<\/h3>\n<p>Ease of using the infrastructure as private or shared or limited and occupying limited space for IT in the business premises is the significant value additions in private servers hosted in colocation datacenters.<\/p>\n<h3>10. Competent Management Maintenance<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span>data center<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is always managed by professionals handling a diverse range of activities integral to handling sustainable quality of services over the managed VPS environment, thus offering <\/span>affordable VPS or cheap VPS with assured quality and competitive pricing.<\/p>\n<h3>11. Speed<\/h3>\n<p>The colocation data center<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> offers cost-effective connections to multiple internet service providers and provides top performance in the event of connection interruption or\u00a0overload.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>12. Better Connectivity<\/h3>\n<p>A data center has fully redundant network connections to ensure that your business-critical applications always run\u00a0uninterrupted, in compliance with the service level agreements with clients for managed VPS or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/servers\/ssd-vps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">affordable VPS services<\/a> offered.<\/p>\n<h3>13 Premium Network Security<\/h3>\n<p>A data center comes with a robust systems security infrastructure covering distinct aspects like physical security, network security, comprehensive systems for threat assessment and elimination, and firewalls to detect and prevent unauthorized access to your\u00a0systems over the private servers or managed VPS.<\/p>\n<p>The colocation data center offers businesses an alternative to housing data in-house.<\/p>\n<p>Is your business limited on space but you need a robust IT\u00a0infrastructure? Does your business require to trim on the IT staff to reduce the cost of operations?<\/p>\n<p>Colocation helps you with maintenance and keeping the data secure with secure data storage, IT infrastructure dependability, better connectivity, and\u00a0capability for private servers by managed VPS services of colocation data centers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here, to know more about<\/span> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/servers\/colocation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">benefits of using colocation services<\/a>? <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connect with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exabytes<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> now to learn more and host your company servers at our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/servers\/colocation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">colocation data center<\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to experience hassle-free, safe management of your server.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"td_text_columns_two_cols\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/servers\/colocation\/multiple-server-features\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"td_btn td_btn_md td_default_btn\">Multiple Server Co-Location<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/servers\/colocation\/single-server-features\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"td_btn td_btn_md td_default_btn\">Single Server Colocation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/servers\/colocation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Exabytes Singapore Colocation Data Center<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/800x534-SG-large-06.jpg?w=696&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Server\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.my\/servers\/colocation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Exabytes Malaysia Colocation Data Center<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/800x534-kl-dc-new5.jpeg?w=696&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Exabytes Malaysia Data Centre - PCI DSS Certified\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a Data Center? 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