Co-location Facilities

Claranet’s co-location service is the perfect solution for customers who want to take advantage of the Claranet network but already have their own server or want the flexibility to choose specific hardware.

You provide your own equipment and Claranet provides the environment to suit your requirements for rack space, fast and reliable connections to the Internet, IP addresses, switchable power supply, primary and secondary DNS, and even email if required. Claranet’s co-location server hosting gives you the flexibility to manage and maintain your own servers and other equipment.

Features

• Suitable for companies who want to choose their own hardware.
• Hosted in fully air-conditioned suites at our secure datacentre.
• Connection to our high-speed, low latency, resilient network.
• A personal Account Manager to contact for help and advice.
• Full power backup by Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS).
• Dedicated and experienced 24/7/365 technical support.
• Ability to accommodate equipment of all sizes.
• Dedicated 100Mb switch ports.

Benefits

• Claranet's redundant, high-speed network infrastructure ensures maximum speed and availability of customers' web content,
  improving the experience of end-users.
• Claranet's specialised hosting environment is tailored to clients' server needs. Our power, air conditioning, fire detection and suppression facilities ensure optimal performance of customers’ equipment.
• A 'remote hands' on-site 24/7/365 support services is available if clients need to change a function that requires a physical presence when
  clients are a long way from the datacentre, such as rebooting a
  server, changing a backup tape.
• Our secure hosting centre features lockable racks that ensure the security and integrity of the equipment is maintained, delivering peace-of-mind to our hosting customers.
• Bandwidth capacity can be readily scaled to meet
  customers' growth requirements.