Colocation

Co-location is the hosting of servers and/or other network equipment in a datacenter, using a co-location company's space and network.

Co-location (or telehousing) is storing your server equipment in a purpose built facility along with hundreds of other servers. The facility is managed to provide reliable networking, power and security.

Space rental

Datacenter space is typically available in the following units:

• By the U/RU (unit/rack unit)
• By the rack
• By the cabinet
• By square foot in a cage

Bandwidth/connection rental

Co-location bandwidth is generally billed 95th percentile and is purchased per the megabit/second.

See also

• Dedicated hosting
• Virtual Private Server
• Reseller hosting
• Shared hosting
• Linux hosting
• Windows hosting
• Choosing a web host

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