Colocation is leasing space for one's own servers or racks of servers in a datacenter owned by another entity.
Colocation is leasing space for one's own servers or racks of servers in a datacenter owned by another entity.
Questions tagged [colocation]
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Hosting web server via FTTH (Fibre To The Home) or datacenter
I'm a .Net programmer that currently using web hosting provider to host my web applications.
In my place, currently there is offer of 20 Mbps FTTH (Fibre To The Home) internet line by an ISP. This ISP controls nearly 80% of the nationwide telephony…
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Global Colocation hosting single vendor vs multiple
We are openning 2 data centers in the US and 2 in Europre that are globaly load balanced.
From uptime stand point am I risking in single point of failure going with one vender for colocating?
Most respectable providers use switch networks(BGP)…
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Suggestions on changing an internet smtp server's ip address
We are moving one of our smtp servers from one hosting provider (A) to another hosting provider (B). Because of this move, the IP address of the server will have to change.
Our plan is to do the following:
Build clone system at new…
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Backup system, two locations. Recommendations?
I have two servers running Ubuntu 10.10, placed at two different locations. One is production, and one development.
I wondered, if any of you had experience with backing up, best practices and alike.
I think a smart solution would be to backup the…
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Windows Domain for Work-At-Home Consultants
We are a small consulting firm, with a need for a windows domain based network. Most of our consultants work either at home, or on-site.
What would be the best way to provide a domain centric infrastructure to our staff?
VPN would be used to connect…
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What tools, parts, accessories do you keep in your Colo?
I know Colo is less popular these days with the Cloud, but I thought I'd ask people what tools and extra parts, etc they like to keep in their Colo cages or racks.
Here are some of my favorites:
zipties, velcro tape, square rack nut tool, first aid…
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Server configuration advice for new site that could get lots of traffic within 6m
We're setting up a new web2.0 type site with elements of e-commerce. Budget is kind of tight. Due to the nature of the site and promotions, etc., we expect traffic could ramp up fairly quickly. Looking for advice for a good configuration to start…
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ESXi Behind Virtual Machine
Just as a follow-up to my previous question: I have an ESXi server that I'm moving into a colocation facility that supplies me a single IP address. I think I'm going to go the route of setting up a VM that will act as my router for the guest VMs,…
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How to choose IP Transit and Co-location providers
I have reached a capacity where managed hosting is becoming expensive - especially with respect to the cost of bandwidth we are using. A cursory quote from cogent demonstrate that we could be saving over 70% on our total transit expenditure.
What…
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How to estimate how much power my dual Xeon server would draw?
I'm planing to place a rack server into a colocation, but given that I'm on a tight budget, I try to estimate the total cost of ownership of the server. The data center where I will rent the colocation from will charge me for the power usage, so I…
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colocation wants minimum of 1 MBit transfer
if a colocation company wants you commit to at least 1 MBit transfer, I'm curious what that translates to monthly assuming one maxes out on the 1 mbit.
any general rule of thumbs in terms of how many Amps to get?
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What does a "Blended IP" mean in terms of speed?
I'm getting a server colocated at a facility and they stated the internet speed will be 10 Mbps Blended IP on 100 Mbps Network Port. What does blended IP mean?
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I have one server that I want to put in a datacenter
I only have one server. I don't need a whole rack. What's an economical option for this?
Is there any way to sublet part of a rack?
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exporting Interconnect VLAN to another GCP account
I have my on-prem infrastructure at a co-lo site. The GCP interconnect was ordered through account1, but the VPC and cloud infrastructure belongs to account2. Is there a way I can connect the VPC in account2 to my on-prem using the interconnect in…
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How do I safely assign public IP addresses to my servers (Colocation)
I'm getting a /27 of IPv4 addresses assigned to my rack and I want to assign one IP address to each server. I have a HP 2510G switch. Would it be possible to use Centos as a router to assign an IP address to each port on the switch?
I want this so…
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