Colocation in Indonesia has been a sought-after service by web hosts. Large companies usually use colocation service to store their important data that is stored in their own hardware and is managed by their own IT engineers. Although buying these hardware costs a lot of money, these large companies would not risk loosing important data due to low hardware quality. Hosts can set up their own firewall settings and other necessary software installation according to their needs. The colocation center will just provide the basic and necessary supporting services that keep the servers running up. These services include continuous supply of electricity, power generators that are powerful enough to run the servers, air conditioning services that keep the machines from overheating, high bandwidth connection, and round the clock security for the servers.

Price for Server Colocation

The price for colocating servers differs from one colocation center to another. The average price for colocation service in Indonesia is around US $80 to $150 per month. The price range depends on the services that you want to take. This price does not include additional services such as additional IP address request or remote services. For additional services, you need to provide an extra budget from $40 to $100 per month. However, take several centers into comparison for a more cost-effective option and reliable services. Please take note that this price approximation may differ from one city to another. Colocation services in large industrial cities such as Jakarta, jual besi cnp semarang, and Surabaya might cost slightly higher than colocation in other cities. This is due to the large request of data server, and highly competitive business and industrial environment.

Basic Services Provided in Colocation Centers

The centers will provide space or rack for server storage. These racks are well maintained and well monitored by security and some technicians. Other than storage space, the center will provide a sufficient power up to 400VA and some additional power usage with additional monthly charge. Some colocation centers provide 450 W of PSU with a normal usage of 200W to 400W of electricity. Additional charges usually apply per 100W of over usage. This price includes an online central UPS and diesel generator.

Colocation centers also provide IIX bandwith up to 1 Gb per second and international bandwidth starting from 5 Mb per second up to 100 Mb per second. The bandwidth may vary, however, these bandwidth costs a lot lower than setting up a personal DSL line at home. The server shares the connection with the center's connection. Environment control is what colocation centers provide. Facility monitoring, server maintenance, room cooling (using air-conditioning) and temperature control, and CCTV surveillance are the basic environment control that all colocation center has

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