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Steadfast Networks Launches Chicago Colocation Hosting Website
Colocation Sites and Top Server Colocation ProvidersHigh-density colocation data centers. Be sure that you pick a colocation site that has fully redundant power. Find secure, reliable co-location services to house and manage your servers and web presence. Choose dedicated servers, or rent rackspace for your own servers. Highly-available colocation facilities with security and virtual 24x7 uptime. Sources for server colocation, disaster recovery facilities, and managed network solutions can be found here. You maintain control over your web servers. Secure data centers offer dedicated server solutions in which the service provider monitors your servers continuously. There are Unmetered Bandwidth and Metered Bandwidth Options. Co-location, collocation, and colo are other terms for these services. Using a colocation site for your critical servers saves some of the overhead involved in maintaining a company's own data center. Colocation service providers offer a wide range of data center management options. Whether dedicated server hosting is needed, or if your company-owned servers are housed at the colocation provider's site, the colocation facility may allow you to manage virtually all of the server functions by remote control, including remote re-boot. Or, you may choose options in which the co-location hosting company is responsible for maintenance, patching and backups. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) February 8, 2010 -- Steadfast Networks, a leading Chicago based data center and dedicated server hosting provider (http://steadfast.net/), announced today its launch of the new Chicago Colocation hosting website. The new Chicago Colocation website provides details on Steadfast Network's exclusive colocation hosting services for customers wanting to host their servers in Chicago's premier data centers. Chicago Colocation also offers colocation leasing options where customers can lease-to-own servers.
"The new Chicago Colocation website is the best place to visit for more information on Steadfast Networks colocation hosting services and to learn about our new 48,000 sq. ft. facility opening soon," said Karl Zimmerman, CEO of Steadfast Networks. "Even though we have been providing colocation hosting services through the Steadfast Networks website and out of our 10,000 sq. ft. data center at 350 E. Cermak, www.colocationchicago.com provides more information on the colocation hosting services and new colocation leasing options we offer."
Chicago Colocation is ideal for businesses that require large storage space and bandwidth but want to save time, money and resources required for building and maintaining an in-house network system. Customers can ship or deliver their own equipment to one of Chicago Colocation's data center locations. The Chicago Colocation website provides information on the colocation hosting (http://colocationchicago.com/colocation/) provider's data center, network, and new colocation server leasing options.
"Our new colocation leasing options allow customers to use a lease-to-own program without having to purchase equipment upfront," said Zimmerman. "The flexibility and convenience of Chicago Colocation's leasing options are ideal for businesses facing a credit crunch or for start-ups and small businesses with immediate equipment needs."
The Chicago Colocation website provides pricing on 1U server options, half and full rack colocation hosting options, and add-on services customers can use to enhance their colocation hosting experience. In addition, Chicago Colocation (http://colocationchicago.com/) data centers provide many advanced features including a fire suppression system with 24/7 monitoring of the physical environment for chemicals, smoke and hazardous materials that could possibly cause a fire. Chicago Colocation hosting data centers are also equipped with an advanced security system to protect colocation servers and equipment.
"Chicago Colocation hosting customers benefit by hosting their servers in our state-of-the-art Chicago data centers backed by our 100% uptime guarantee," said Zimmerman. "Plus Chicago Colocation customers have access to our fully redundant network options and services with 24x7x365 support from our advanced team of colocation hosting experts."
Additional colocation hosting services (http://colocationchicago.com/services/) included with owned and leased colocation hosting options at Chicago Colocation include backup and disaster recovery, remote hands, firewall service, cross connect, and IP and server component monitoring. Colocation customers interested in hosting their own equipment in downtown Chicago or wanting to utilize a lease-to-own colocation hosting option, are encouraged to visit colocationchicago.com to view pricing, service details, and contact Chicago Colocation sales and support.
About Chicago Colocation
Chicago Colocation is a colocation hosting division of Steadfast Networks. Chicago Colocation offers colocation hosting services in leading Chicago based data centers with a 100% uptime SLA and a variety of additional services specifically designed to enhance a customer's colocation hosting experience. Steadfast Networks also offers colocation hosting in New York through thenynoc.com data center.
To learn more about Chicago Colocation, visit http://www.colocationchicago.com.
About Steadfast Networks
Established in 1998, Chicago based hosting company Steadfast Networks, delivers high quality, powerful servers through reliable dedicated server hosting, colocation server hosting, virtual private servers, shared web hosting, and dedicated game server hosting. Steadfast's award-winning services and dedicated support staff help customers from all over the world 24/7/365. Customers can choose basic hosting or a customized, fully managed dedicated server hosting solution.
To learn more about Steadfast Networks, visit http://www.steadfast.net.
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Factors to consider:
1. Do you need a carrier-neutral colocation facility? This means, usually, that the site uses multiple bandwidth providers, and that your company may choose its preferred provider from among several options. Ask, though, if they accept any commissions from bandwidth providers.
2. Power protected colo facility: the extent of power protection may vary between co-location services. The number and capacity of UPS units and generators is key. Are there redundant generators?
3. A range, from secure metal cages to which your key employees have access 24x7, to locked cabinets containing your colocated servers, down to partial cabinets or just one or two rack units ( 1u or 2 u ) should be available.
4. Tape backup services and other hosting services are available from colo providers, pricing may vary significantly.
5. Does the colocation company host both telecommunications and ISP's? Learn whether they have a diversity of clients for their managed hosting services. 6. Ownership. You can usually choose between a dedicated server setup, in which the hosting company owns the hardware, or an arrangement where you own the servers. The advantages of colocation mean that bandwidth comes alot cheaper than what you may be able to negotiate on your own. The colo service basically supplies the bandwidth, the IP, and power to your server, and the data center in which it's housed. The contract that you sign with the colocation hosting service should allow for easy upgrades. Your business may expand to require more e-commerce servers. Server operating systems may become outdated. You may need to upgrade your Oracle or SQL Server database version. A "U" is a Rack Unit, a measurement of the vertical space that your server occupies within a rack. One 'U' generally equals 1.75 inches, or about 4.45cm. A full rack may have 40 to 42 U's. The minimum rack space you can rent for your colocated server is generally 1U. The amount of data transfer that you contract for is measuted in price per gigabytes of transfer per month. The colocation service may monitor your servers for any or all of the following, which may be priced separately, or included in your colocation plan: Ping Tests Disk Space Checks Check IIS, Mail, and other services, and restart automatically on failure.. CPU Usage Memory Usage HTTP Availability |
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