Scalability and Variety: Co-location, Managed Hosting and Private Clouds

At OnRamp, our focus is helping you scale your IT systems. Our Austin-based, state-of-the-art data center offers a wide range of web hosting services designed to meet the needs of your current and future business. So what are the real differences among our co-location, private cloud computing and managed hosting services?

Managed hosting has gained a lot of popularity. With managed hosting (also called shared hosting), the server hardware and web software is located in a data center location offering a higher level of security and support than a small IT department can provide. Start-up companies will often choose managed hosting to meet their IT needs. Yet, for many data centers, providing significant bandwidth can be challenging. As more companies share the hosting service, problems regarding connectivity and bandwidth become more frequent. Similar to a four-lane highway, more users mean more traffic and slower speeds. OnRamp managed hosting offers a quality that far exceeds the “one size fits all” approach to managed hosting. During our free consultation process, OnRamp will prepare a custom proposal designed to meet your specific hosting needs. Regardless of your IT requirements for managed hosting and even managed firewalls, all of our data center services come with our Full7Layer Support and 24/7/365 monitoring.

Co-location, also spelled “colocation,” is another solution in which your company owns the server and software and participates in the management of their operation. Some businesses are most comfortable with a more hands-on approach to hosting. While some data companies may offer their co-location services as a sort of do-it-yourself storage system, at OnRamp you still get the white glove treatment. Our Full7Layer Support and 24/7/365 monitoring extends to this service as well. And we are more than happy to provide all the resources you need to address your needs.

Cloud computing allows users to interface with data and application in a virtual and private environment. All applications and the server are accessible online. With private clouds, the service is just that — private. Unlike sharing a public cloud run by shared hardware and software, OnRamp’s private clouds are set up on dedicated software and hardware. This offers more security, flexibility and customization. And our 24/7/365 live service extends here as well.

We offer this level of high quality service because we are committed to the future of your company. At OnRamp, our business is your business. And we know your business success requires the kind of data scalability that some of the one-size-fits-all hosting giants simply can’t or won’t offer. For more information on hosting choices, see our products and services page, or access our live chat service to get your questions answered.