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That's called colocation: you provide the servers, they provide the racks
by ranger207 4y ago
That's called colocation: you provide the servers, they provide the racks
- gautamdivgi 4y agoDo you need people in the colo to wire stuff up or is that handled by the colo folks?
- vel0city 4y agoAs others have mentioned, there's usually a remote hands feature that you can contract out. If you wanted to, many colos will rack and wire up all your equipment for you, for a cost. It really depends on how much you're wanting to offload on to the provider. They might do it all for you, they might just give you a cabinet or cage with power and a network drops.
- social_quotient 4y agoYou drop off the box and they wire it up and give you remote console access. You can even schedule an on-site meeting with your equip as needed. Some colo partners will also keep replacement parts for you like if a disk or power supply goes bad.
- foepys 4y agoYou can usually pay the data center staff for their time to push a button or connect a few wires. Seems expensive at first when they quote you 50€/15 minutes but often way cheaper than somebody driving there and going through security to do the same. Unless you don't want strangers touching your assigned rack, then you need to bring the key.
- rob-olmos 4y agoIn addition to the other comments, after it's up & running some colos will also offer "remote hands" assistance, like replacing a failed drive. In that case ideally the enclosure will or can be made to make that slot's LED red or something so they know exactly which drive to pull.
- RajT88 4y agoThe new term for this old concept is now being called, "Data Center as a Service".