Re: [PLUG] cheap colocation

["Arthur S. Alexion" <arthur@alexion.com>]

Basically, you buy, lease or rent a server, which will be physically 
located at an ISP providing the colocation service.  The ISP, at minimum, 
provides the storage space for the server, the elctricity, and an Internet 
connection.

From there, it varies as to what other services the ISP provides, 
including any degree of maintenance of your server, the type and quality of 
Internet connection, etc.

Contrast it with a "dedicated server" where the ISP owns your server and 
maintains it, or a "shared" or "virtual" server which is a partition on 
your ISP's server that appears on the Internet as a server.

The plans are similar, but a little and the quality of service varies greatly.

Art

At 09:51 AM 2/7/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> On the subject of colo, I've been wondering for a while exactly how that
> works.  Does somebody want to give me a basic rundown, or point me to
> somewhere on the internet that I can find such info?


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