Co-location

Claranet provides a range of co-location options for customers who need the infrastructure benefits of the datacentre for their existing hardware investments. This service is the perfect for businesses who already have their own server, or would like the flexibility to choose specific hardware, and host it on the Claranet network. By co-locating with Claranet your servers will be directly connected to multiple backbone connections through our global network and your traffic will get to its destination quickly.

Claranet provides a dedicated hosting environment with rack space, fast and reliable connections to the Internet, IP addresses, switchable power supply, backups, primary and secondary domain name servers (DNS), and email if required.

With this service, you can choose to manage and maintain the server(s) and other equipment yourself, or outsource management of the whole solution, or individual elements, to Claranet if you're not experienced in a particular technology.

Features

  • Suitable for businesses who want to choose their own hardware.
  • Options for managed firewalls and remote hands services.
  • Choice of rack space - ¼, ½ and full rack.
  • Contemporary datacentres, with dedicated and experienced 24x7 support.
  • Connection to our high-speed, low latency, resilient network.
  • Fully redundant power, cooling and security - maintained by top level technical staff.
  • Scalable bandwidth capacity to meet your company's growth requirements.
  • Full power back up by UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply).
  • Personal account manager to call on for help and advice.
  • Ability to accommodate all sizes of equipment.
  • Dedicated 100Mbits switch ports per hosted server.

Benefits

  • Claranet's redundant, high-speed network infrastructure ensures maximum speed and availability of your web content, improving the experience for your end-users.
  • Bandwidth capacity can be readily scaled to meet your business' growth requirements.
  • Claranet's specialised hosting environment is tailored to your server needs. Our power, air conditioning, fire detection and suppression facilities ensure optimal performance of your equipment.
  • A 'remote hands' on-site 24/7 support services is available if you need to change a function that requires a physical presence when you 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.

 

Contact us to understand how you can reduce your costs by hosting your infrastructure with us.