Why choose colocation with MANOC?
You may or may not know what colocation means; the word is synonymously used with the different spellings of ‘co-location’ and ‘collocation’; although ‘colocation’ is the most frequent spelling you will find on the net.
Colocation is used to mean the rental of space for your telecommunications equipment, mainly dedicated servers, in a service provider's data centre such as MANOC in Manchester.
A data centre sometimes known as a colocation facility, is a network-connected secure managed facility for the housing of telecommunications and IT infrastructure. All you have to do is purchase a web server and we will house your server and connect you to the Internet via our network.
With MANOC your co-located server is housed in a state of art, fully secure data centre with UPS and a fire suppression system to ensure optimum performance for your server collocation.
It really is as simple as that - you provide the server and MANOC provides everything else: rack space, connection to the Internet, IP addresses, backups, DNS, email and anything else that is needed.
Why colocate:
Co-locating your servers with MANOC takes the headache out of hosting. You don't worry about finding IT staff support, an optimised hosting facility, Internet connectivity, security, data backup or anything else related to your server being and staying online. MANOC provides and manages it all for you, whilst giving you 24 hour access to your colocated server when you request it.
2 types of co-location:
- Managed Colocation - the hosting company takes responsibility of maintaining and monitoring the collocated server, so you don’t have to, plus it ensures superior uptime.
- Unmanaged Colocation – it is less expensive but you are responsible for the maintenance, monitoring, and upgrades to the system.
Advantages of colocation:
- Freedom to choose the hardware & configuration of server
- More choice about the installed software
- More control of your server
- Colocation Provider maintains the server
- Cheaper than having your own colocation centre
- UK based Manchester data centre
- Reduced risk in secure facilities
- Immediate technical support on site if needed (managed colocation)
Disadvantages of colocation:
- Recommended only to experienced technical users
- Must source and pay for your own server
- All configuration and loading of the OS and software is carried out by you
- Parts, labour and warranty is your responsibility
To find out more about colocation in Manchester with MANOC and to discuss your needs further simply call us today on 0870 421 1315 or click here and we’ll call you.
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