Colocation Hosting – A Hard Fit

Colocation is possibly the most difficult service wherein you may find a reliable host. The very idea steps a bit out of a typical web host’s comfort zone. Your setup is done your way, using (usually) your hardware; things that are normally in the web host’s hands are now in yours. The reason web hosting is such a lucrative business is that individual accounts can be setup by the thousands in a cookie-cutter fashion. Co-location is like asking for a cake, often to your shape and decoration.

Of course, this doesn’t mean it can’t be done, otherwise it wouldn’t be offered anywhere. If this is a service that you need, then you can still find lots of good hosting companies that can offer this to you. However, you need to ask one important question first.

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