The Benefits of Network Colocation

The decision to consolidate, move or expand your data center is an important part of your IT infrastructure strategy. One of the more pressing questions is the cost/benefit question of maintaining your own data center or contracting for colocation services from a full services provider. Many companies find that offsite colocation with a trusted provider offers an attractive alternative to owning and maintaining their own data centers.

 

Here are some key benefits of choosing colocation services from a full service provider instead of owning and operating your data center

 

Reduced IT Infrastructure and Management Costs
Cost savings is often one of the biggest benefits of colocation. Insuring your network is maintained in a safe environment means committing to the capital expense of building and supporting that environent. Rather than invest in backup generators, UPS, and HVAC units and paying the ongoing expenses associated with this equipment, colocation allows companies to reduce the cost of overall IT management by leveraging an ideal data center environment that that is continually updated to reflect the latest security and technology needs.

 

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Colocating your IT infrastructure creates additional peace of mind in the event of a natural disaster, power outage, or other unexpected event that impacts your primary place of business. Colocating can ensure that your offsite servers, equipment, and applications will remain available and operational if the unexpected happens.

 

Increased Power Capacity and Redundancy
Private data centers can face power capacity challenges, particularly when upgrading to IT applications that require high-density power. Colocation facilities allow companies to leverage innovations in virtualization and high-density computing.

 

Reliability and Uptime
Your business continuity depends on 100% network reliability, which can be difficult and costly to maintain in a private data center environment. Solutrix offers high-quality networking options. Our network configurations are all designed to deliver reliability and availability.

 

Robust, Affordable Bandwidth
As bandwidth requirements increase with more complex applications, ‘big data’ and cloud computing, colocation becomes a more economical choice. Colocation also allows you to maintain service provider diversity and take advantage of volume pricing without having to negotiate and manage multiple contracts and service agreements. 

 

Security and Data Protection

Data breaches have increased year-over-year and there’s no end in sight. With data regulations becoming stricter, and penalties becoming more expensive, a data breach can spell disaster. Data centers are hardened against forced entry, unauthorized access, fire and natural disasters.