Downtime is costly. A business that solely relies on onsite hosting is vulnerable to any number of incidents—from a hurricane to a broken water main—that could take them offline. Data centers are designed with disaster recovery in mind, and most have data centers in numerous locations both in the U.S. and outside, to ensure redundancy.
Using a coloation provider can simplify forecasting for a company because the fixed costs enable a business to know what they need to spend each month to keep their company online; there are no surprises. Additionally, using a shared data center can significantly reduce the cost of cooling and power; plus, colocation companies typically get better pricing from Internet providers than a single company will.
The typical pay-for-what-you-need model of colocation services enables an organization to easily scale up or down based on their current business needs. This fixed cost can also help with forecasting growth, as the related costs are predictable.
The majority of colocation facilities provide superior security features which many in-house data centers cannot. From redundancy to safeguard data to both on-site and digital security measures, colocation providers take the security of their customers' data very seriously.
