Treo's choice for Colocation is Crocker Communications' world-class Colocation Facility located at One Federal Street in Springfield, MA. The building that houses Crocker's facility has been ranked among the top 7 telecommunications hubs in the country.
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What Is Colocation? |
Colocation is a form of outsourcing in which clients can store their data and equipment, such as network servers, off-site in a secure environment and still retain instant 24/7electronic access. It gives the client access to high-speed Internet connections that would be cost prohibitive to bring to their own location.
Colocation clients are businesses, large and small, with critical communications equipment or those needing operations services for the Internet, telecommunications and data markets. If you rely on the Internet and your servers to be a critical part of your business, why risk downtime? Colocate with Crocker and rest easy. You'll always be up and running!
- Monitoring of all critical systems
- Network security
- Carrier-grade space for equipment
- Reliable access to telecommunications infrastructure hubs
- Access to high-speed Internet connections
- Technical expertise and support
Crocker Colocation Services deliver your colocated servers Internet access via two T-3's directly to the backbone of the Internet. Crocker Colocation features redundant Internet connections and an environmentally secure facility on two Springfield MA city power grids. Located in the heart of the Springfield Technology Park, Crocker Colocation provides both partial rack and full cabinet space for customers needing affordable, secure, high-level Internet access for:
E-Commerce and transactional environments
ASP Providers
CLECS
WAN build outs
Large, high-activity web sites
Web Servers
Database Servers
Disaster Recovery strategies Mirrored Sites
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Colocation service allows for total customer control over the server.
Human error is the number one reason for web-related outages. Colocation service allows companies to limit their exposure to such a risk by putting them in control of their equipment. In shared hosting environments it is not uncommon for one programmer's mistake to take down a number of different customers' sites. This "tragedy of the commons" is eliminated with colocation because customers have total control of the hardware that is dedicated to serve their needs.
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Instant availability is another huge benefit to colocation service.
With the current demands placed on telephone providers a forty-five to sixty day wait is generally required to install a single T1 connection. For DS3 or OC3 connections the wait often exceeds ninety days. That kind of lead-time is impossible with "Internet time." Often times, the period to install communications lines exceeds the product development cycle! With colocation, instant installation and ramp up is possible. If your site needs to go from one hundred hits a day to a million hits a day, colocation offers the answer.
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The cost savings associated with colocation are tremendous.
Local Loop and Bandwidth Savings!
With colocation service the "local loop" aspect of the Internet connection is removed. Not only does this make the connection more reliable and less likely to experience problems, it also results in a significant cost savings to the end customer. For customers using one MB of bandwidth the savings is generally $500 to $1000 a month and for higher speed connections the savings can be as much as five to ten thousand dollars a month.
In addition to the cost savings associated with the lack of a local loop, customers of colocation service generally pay less for bandwidth. Because of the very high-speed lines that are available in Crocker's facility, bandwidth is typically 25 - 30% cheaper than if a customer were to get a dedicated line connection at their own office.
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Colocation service requires no up-front capital investment.
Capital has become very expensive for rapidly growing companies. Colocation service allows companies to have access to the best facilities and secure computing environment currently available for a fixed monthly fee. Companies no longer have to utilize working capital to fund data center construction or engineering expenses.
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Colocation service allows small and medium sized enterprises to share huge economies of scale with their hosting operations
The economies of scale afforded by colocation service are shared among all of its customers. By sharing increments of space and bandwidth in larger facilities with multiple high-speed connections, colocated servers are able to obtain economies of scale with their hosting operations otherwise only available to the largest companies in the world.
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Redundant Internet Connections
The Crocker facility receives upstream connections from multiple, national Tier One providers. This allows us to have a high-availability network as well as a very efficient one. It will also ensure that servers connected in the Crocker facility have some of the fastest response times in the world.
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Redundant Power Facilities
Redundant power facilities are yet another feature of Crocker Colocation. Not only does the facility receive power connections from multiple sub-stations, it is fed through different two different city power-grids. This will ensure that even in the event of an entire power grid shutdown, Crocker will still continue to receive power.
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Backup Power
The Crocker facility is equipped with a totally redundant backup diesel generator, with sufficient capacity to serve our customers during a blackout. In the event that the generators should fail, the facility is equipped with back-up batteries, the combination of which means your servers will always be running!
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High Security
Security is a top priority for Crocker. The facility is staffed with guards twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year, and is protected with access alarms and Web cameras.
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24x7 Accessibility
We feel it is essential to allow for customers to access their equipment at all times, and therefore the Crocker facility is designed to allow for access twenty-four hours a day for clients that lease a full cabinet or more of space. Single server colocation clients have access to the space with escort from a Crocker employee.
Call Treo at 1-800-413-LINE and ask for Joe Dugan for pricing options, references or to arrange a private tour of our facility. Email info@treocom.com
