Colocation puts you in charge of the hardware, but that also means that you are responsible in the case of hardware failure. If you have signed up for dedicated hosting you are renting the server, so the host will replace hard drives or CPUs if they malfunction. The initial costs of colocation are much higher than dedicated hosting. You have to buy the server as well as insurance and software licences. All that is included in a dedicated hosting plan. Hardware upgrades are also more expensive with colocation because you have to buy the new equipment outright and pay to have it installed. Dedicated hosting plans usually allow you to upgrade either hardware or bandwidth at a reasonable cost.

The main advantage of colocation is the lower monthly costs when compared with dedicated hosting plans. Other advantages include greater control over network configuration and more flexibility. A colocation provider has to be chosen carefully. After all, they will host both your hardware and your data. Consider such details as security, network redundancy, protection from fire and earthquakes, and backup generators in the case of power outages.

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On a dedicated server you should also set a root password with passwd (this does not affect your normal root password) and be prepared to click through a host-key warning when you connect.

You can then use SCP or SFTP to copy files on and off the server as root – the server should have its normal IP address.

Colocation allows you to take infrastructure you own and to host it in our robust, secure environment. Our power, network and environmental systems have been deployed using an N+1 configuration, meaning there is no single point of failure anywhere on the network. If any system were to experience a failure, the back-up systems would take over immediately and could support our entire customer load at full capacity. We have no minimum space or service requirements, and we can configure custom colocation space according to your specifications. A dedicated server is a server (and peripherals) that are provided by mindSHIFT as part of one simple monthly payment that also includes hosting charges and select managed services.

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