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.
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Space rental
Datacenter space is typically available in the following units:
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Bandwidth/connection rental
Co-location bandwidth is generally billed 95th percentile and is purchased per the megabit/second.
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See also
- Dedicated hosting
- Virtual Private Server
- Reseller hosting
- Shared hosting
- Linux hosting
- Windows hosting
- Choosing a web host
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