What is colocation?

[VijayP]

Co-location hosting allows you to place your own physical server in other datacentre known as colocation space.
A colocation provider will rent out space in a data centre in which customers can install their equipment, but will also provide the power, bandwidth, IP address and cooling systems that the customer will require in order to successfully deploy their server.

[krauserII]

colo is a data center facility in which a business can rent space for servers and other computing hardware.

[AlinaAngel]

A colocation focus (additionally spelled co-area, or colo) or "bearer inn", is a sort of server farm where gear, space, and data transfer capacity are accessible for rental to retail clients. Colocation offices give space, power, cooling, and physical security for the server, stockpiling, and systems administration gear of different firms and furthermore associate them to an assortment of media communications and system specialist organizations with at least expense and multifaceted nature.

[James Thomas]

Colocation hosting is like to dedicated hosting, with one notable exception.
In dedicated hosting, customers rent servers as well as the infrastructure needed to house and maintain them. In colocation hosting, companies own their personal hardware, but are looking to augment its usefulness by renting server space in a data center, which provides profits like improved Internet bandwidth, server cooling systems and climate control, and reliable power.

[RuhiAngel]

A colocation (colo) is a server farm office in which a business can lease space for servers and other figuring equipment. Ordinarily, a colo gives the building, cooling, power, data transfer capacity and physical security while the client gives servers and capacity.

[readfashion]

Is to put the server in other room management

[jersyasha]

Instead of keeping servers in-house, in offices or at a private data centre,

[ailsagell]

In computing terms, colocation web hosting refers to housing your data servers externally in a 3rd party vicinity. This go4hosting collocation provider company offers the physical space, cooling, energy, bandwidth, and protection at the same time as the consumer provides for the servers and allied hardware.

[alexenderthomas]

A colocation centre or "carrier hotel", is a type of data centre where equipment, space, and bandwidth are available for rental to retail customers.

[Gaurav Joshi]

Colocation hosting is a lower-cost server hosting strategy using a provider’s high-speed 24/7 internet services, excellent operational security, superior availability and long-term stability while using the customer’s current server inventory.

[praveenitech]

Thanks for this great info.

When you as a client provide the entire hardware for your server and just require the bandwidth, the space (for mounting the server) and the power supply from the hosting provider, this is co-location.
Generally colocation is beneficial when you are planning for a long term.

[John Aeliya]

A colocation (colo) is a data center facility in which a business can rent space for servers and other computing hardware. Typically, a colo provides the building, cooling, power, bandwidth and physical security while the customer provides servers and storage. Space in the facility is often leased by the rack, cabinet, cage or room. Many colos have extended their offerings to include managed services that support their customers' business initiatives.

[Piyush Jain]

Colocation is a hosting option for small businesses who want the features of a large IT Department without the costs. Many large corporations have the Internet infrastructure to host their own web servers and have a team of IT professionals to manage and design the site, individuals and small companies do not. There is a wide range of options available from simple hosting up to running your own Web servers off of a dedicated Internet connection. One such option is colocation. In the first part of this series, we will examine why one would choose colocation over the other hosting options.

[andy321]

A colocation centre or "carrier hotel", is a type of data centre where equipment, space, and bandwidth are available for rental to retail customers.

[andy321]

A colocation centre or "carrier hotel", is a type of data centre where equipment, space, and bandwidth are available for rental to retail customers.