Colocation or Cloud

[Angelina]

Hi Team,

I am currently using cloud hosting services for my ecommerce business. But as I can read at a couple of websites, some businesses have started moving towards colocation as it seems to be quite helpful in expanding the business. I want to know when is the right time to switch to colocation services?

[WHUK-Stan]

Hello Angelina,

Welcome to the forum first of all.

Well, the Cloud and Colocation are two entirely different concepts of hosting. Where the Cloud is enabled by virtualization and involves a cluster of servers connect together in a network, whereas Colocation involves colocation of hardware infrastructure which is owned by you to a datacenter facility.

I'm not really sure about what you mean by expanding business, but one thing is for sure, both the solutions can very well support the growing needs of a business. If you could please specify the needs of business we'd be in a better position to suggest an appropriate solution.

Looking forward to your response.

Regards,
Stan

[Angelina]

Hi Stan,

What I mean by expanding businesses is growing the resources. What if my data is growing rapidly, can I expand the storage space? Also, you need to purchase own equipments and manage them on your own so, it might be quite expensive.