f you've decided that a host to physically house your
dedicated server is the server.
best choice for your
website - you can set it up Your initial investment will
however you want and you aren't obviously be higher but if you
sharing it with anyone else - the buy a quality server, the costs
next question you need to answer will be lower when averaged over
is whether you're going to rent a long period of time.
it or buy it.
How Much Does Colocation Cost?
Dedicated hosting means you're
renting a server from a web The cost will depend on how much
hosting company. Your other space your server takes up. Data
choice is to buy your own server centers normally house the
and pay the host to house it on servers in racks, which are then
their premises and connect it to housed in cabinets.
the internet. This is what is
known as colocated hosting. A cabinet is normally 40 rack
units high - each rack unit being
Colocated hosting offers all the 1.75'. Rack mounted servers are
same advantages as dedicated measured in rack units - 1U being
hosting - you have ultimate 1.75'. The most common sizes for
control over your server. The servers are 1U, 2U and 4U, so
extra benefit you get with your costs will depend on how
colocated hosting is a lower many units your server uses.
monthly cost.
The other factor in how much
Because you've bought the server, colocated hosting will cost is
you aren't paying to rent the the bandwidth you use. Because
equipment, you're only paying the your server is connected to the
internet via the data center's With colocated servers you're
connection, your cost will depend also responsible for any software
on how much of data is being licensing costs, such as the
transferred, and how much of operating system and any
their connection is afforded to server-based software you need.
your server. Dedicated hosts usually include
the necessary software for you to
Colocation vs. Dedicated Hosting run your server.
With colocation, you're in charge In the end, you need to decide
of the hardware which in turn whether the additional cost of
means you're responsible for dedicated hosting is worth the
maintaining it in case of time and up-front investment
problems. If a hard drive crashes saved compared to colocated
or a CPU malfunctions, you will hosting.
need to arrange for it to be
replaced. If you have the resources to
maintain a colocated server, and
With dedicated hosting, the web your resource requirements are
hosting company is responsible high, colocation may be your best
for these things so they'll take choice.
care of any problems that arise.
About the Author:
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