Server Colocation

Server Colocation lets you place your server machine or rent one in someone else's computer equipment rack and share their bandwidth. It is usually more costly than regular web hosting, but less than paying for the same amount of bandwidth in your place of business. That company will provide an IP, bandwidth, and power to your server. Many companies will also maintain it for a fee. Collocation is ideal for smaller businesses that want a large web presence but don't want to deal with network connections etc., as it is less expensive and the company looking after your server will keep it operating with generators in case of power outages and usually has better security. There are advantages to owning the software and hardware instead of renting as you can always upgrade and configure it as you please.