What is Colocation?
Colocation allows you to place your servers in our data center. You maximize your uptime by leveraging our redundant power and cooling. Colocation costs less than building your own facility. The primary difference between colocation and other hosting services is that you own and manage the hardware that your data resides on.
Colocation: All the advantages without the capital expense.
Colocation provides stable power, reliable cooling, and a physically secure environment. In addition, we provide private connectivity, data replication services, remote hand and eyes and a host of other services that fit your individual needs.
Why ipHouse?
ipHouse was founded with the desire to provide better service to users who are frustrated with technology and the Internet. We have been providing online services to a discerning public since 1984. You can trust our expertise to make your colocation experience trouble free.
Need to get more from your servers? Virtualization is the answer. Here is a comparison of virtualization and colocation. When replacing aged equipment, consider Virtualization. ipHouse is a certified VMware Professional Service & Solutions Provider. Ask us how we can help you today.
Data Center Facility information
The data center is located in downtown Minneapolis. Full details and information on:
- Physical and logical security of the facility.
- Electrical power and backup systems.
- Internet bandwidth available in the facility.
- Environmental control of the facility.
- Carrier neutrality.
Data Center Details
Colocation Configurations
| Single Server Colocation | Private Half Cabinet Colocation | Private Full Cabinet Colocation | Private Cage Colocation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended Uses | Perfect for basic server colocation | Best for small and medium business colocation | Best for eCommerce and large business colocation | |
| Electricity | 2A @120V | 10A @ 120V | 20A @ 120V | Custom Power |
| Bandwidth | 1/2 Mbps Minimum | 1.0 Mbps Minimum | ||
| IP addresses | 1 included | As necessary, per ARIN guidelines | ||
| Remote hands & eyes | n/a | 4 hours per month | ||
| Physical Access | 24 x 7 | |||
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Advantages of colocation
The list of the advantages for colocation is long, but the primary advantage of colocation is peace of mind.
Stable Power
Colocation provides power redundancy that is expensive to replicate; surge and lightning protection, battery backup, and diesel power generation. If you have servers in-house, you risk losing data and suffering prolonged downtime through summer blackouts, winter ice storms, and other electrical calamities.
Physical Security
The most common way for someone to steal your sensitive data is by copying it directly off the server that sits in your office. Worse, imagine a disgruntled employee walking out of your office with your server. Colocation provides one of the best ways to safeguard your data. More details on the physical security of our colocation facility and data center.
Environmental Stability
We protect and keep your colocation infrastructure running with consistent environmental control.
Cost Effective Connectivity
Having a large Internet connection in-house can be cost prohibitive. When using colocation, Internet connectivity is very inexpensive. You can get colocation and 20mbps of Internet bandwidth for the price of the same speed connection at your office.
Bandwidth Burst Capability
Your bandwidth demand might periodically spike to ten times it's usual level. To handle these spikes at your office, you end up paying for ten times the capacity you really need. By getting burstable bandwidth with colocation from ipHouse, you are only paying for the bandwidth you really need. We maintain capacity to handle your most demanding bandwidth requirements.
Reduced Network Latency
ipHouse connects to three independent upstream providers. Data from your colocation infrastructure will use the the shortest and fastest path to its destination. Shortest path routing keeps latency low and improves overall network performance.
Advantages
Additional services for colocation
With hackers an ever increasing threat, ipHouse offers a variety of services to protect your colocation infrastructure and give you peace of mind:
Virtualization
The largest cost saving technology available today, colocation using virtualization reduces capital equipment expenses, ongoing electrical and cooling expenses and improves availability.
Data Replication
Better than tape backup, data from your colocation infrastruture is replicated to an independent secure server onsite. We also can replicate the data offsite to a secondary location.
Private Connectivity
Utilizing the public Internet to connect your colocation environment to your office might not be the most efficient use of bandwidth and is certainly not the most secure. Talk to us about a secure private connection for your colocation platform.
SAN Storage
SAN storage can help you manage your data storage needs.
Firewalls
Secure your colocation environment with fully managed FortiGate security appliances. Our managed firewall services include 24x7 monitoring of the appliance, and updates to keep your colocation infrastructure secure.
Services
CaringBridge
CaringBridge is a free, online service that allows friends and families to privately and easily share information, love and support with each other when faced with serious health issues.
CaringBridge houses the servers for this global community of care in the ipHouse data center. With more than three million unique users each month using over 40Mbps of bandwidth, uptime is critical. ipHouse has the knowledge, environment and network reliability they need.
