Colocation vs. Dedicated

[hithit]

What are the advantages and the disadvantages between Colocation & Dedicated hosting in your opinion.which you like better and which to choose?

[charlesgan]

Re: Colocation vs. Dedicated

colocation = you buy your server.
do this when u are seriously in the business, and confirm it will be profiting.

[Kdoubt]

Re: Colocation vs. Dedicated

I think its a little more complicated than that

With colocation, you do own your hardware, but remember... that also means you will be responsible for any failures. If you rent a dedicated server, your provider will take care of any costs for you.

I wouldnt colo anything less than a p4 server because of the cost. If you think about it, you could purchse a major machine for about $1500, then colocate it for $70/month. If you plan on keeping it for a while, colo is a more cost effective option.

[konratt]

Re: Colocation vs. Dedicated

Colo means you buy a server and reckspace in the datacenter and dedi means you buy the server and if you are an experienced person you manage it yourself but if not you hire someone for it.

[infinitomagazine]

Re: Colocation vs. Dedicated

Thanks for this great explanation about colocation and dedicated

[sb225]

Re: Colocation vs. Dedicated

ok
i had one question does colocation serve is equla to dedicated
I mean normal server is different to dedicated then what about colo

[Ahosting.biz]

Re: Colocation vs. Dedicated

Hello
Collocation get you more troubles than dedicated. You have to understand it

[infinitomagazine]

Re: Colocation vs. Dedicated

Hello
Collocation get you more troubles than dedicated. You have to understand it

Why is that?
colocations means your server placed in a datacenter right?
so which is the difference?

[keepyourbook]

Re: Colocation vs. Dedicated

The difference in that a dedi is served by the host unlike the colo. And host pays the the employees of the datacenter for its serving (in case of breaking something). If something has broken in the colo you have to go to the datacenter and repair it yourself.

[htmlindex]

Re: Colocation vs. Dedicated

What do you mean by colocation? Never heard that term before

[bikerjeg]

Re: Colocation vs. Dedicated

Colocation is the term given to renting rackspace from a datacenter or host which provides you with an internet connection, bandwith, and power to run your own server from their hosting location.

Colocation means you provide your own server and can configure it any way you want, but ultimately makes you responsible for your hardware and any failures. Also unless you pay for management you need to know how to run your own server and do things like backups and configurations of OS and things like that.

Unlike colocation, Dedicated servers are the responsibility of the hosting provider. They will usually manage the box for you and help with installations and reboots. They are also responsible for hardware failures.

Usually you are better off with a Dedicated Server or VPS unless you have vast experience and can manage your own server and it's hardware.

Hope this helps

[Kdoubt]

Re: Colocation vs. Dedicated

Colocation is meant for someone with a higher end server.

For example: lets use your suggestion of $300/month for a higher end server and using 1000GB of bandwidth. If you plan on keeping this server for oh... lets say 10 years doing what its doing, Thats $300/month x10 years thats equal to $36 000.

Now lets look at a Colo example: You purchased the same server (hardware) up front for $4000. Now you are getting 1000GB in a 1U colo package which you are paying $100/month for. The math shows that the total cost of locating the hardware, and provisioning of bandwidth is equal to $150/month x10 years which is equal to $18 000, with a hardware cost of $4000 (think of this like a setup fee, a one time charge), this brings your colo cost to $22 000.

Recap:
Rental $36 000
Colo: $22 000

The savings are there in the long term.

[The Hosting Team]

Re: Colocation vs. Dedicated

Colo means you buy a server and reckspace in the datacenter and dedi means you buy the server and if you are an experienced person you manage it yourself but if not you hire someone for it.

People speak of "buying" a dedicated server, but really it's just leasing. This distinction might make the difference between dedicated and colo clearer: dedicated is renting a server, where the host provides all the hardware, connections to the net, and so on. Colo means you go out and buy a server from Dell or whomever, and pay the colo provider to lease space in a rack in their data center, and hook your box up to the net. The computer itself is yours - you own it.

[harakiri]

Re: Colocation vs. Dedicated

You choose colocation if you would like to have more flexibility in managing your server not only in terms of software but even in hardware. This is applicable if you would like to upgrade or attach peripherals to your server.

[ramfir]

Re: Colocation vs. Dedicated

Now I now what it means. I read the term from somewhere. Is it "colocation" or "co-location".
It made the term looked like " never seen it before word" if it's the later.