Why Use A Colocation Data Center? A Lesson From Japan

Co-hosting your servers at a colocation data center is an important step to ensure the safety of your data. When you colocate your data center, you are still able to have tangible access to your servers, while simultaneously backing up your data in an additional geographic location. Hosting your server in more than one secure place can ensure greater reliability and performance of your website. It is also an excellent preventative measure to make sure that your servers are protected from natural disasters and other accidents that can result in data loss.

After the recent earthquakes and tsunami that severely impacted Japan’s people and economy, many businesses were maintained because they used a colocation data center. Several large corporations in the US have located some of their data centers in Japan. Many of these data centers are located in places that were directly impacted by the natural disaster. Good examples of businesses that colocate their servers in Japan, yet did not suffer data loss due to the natural disaster are Amazon.com, Verizon Wireless, and IBM. Although many colocation centers faced rolling black-outs and had to revert to using power generators, no data centers in Japan were permanently damaged. After only minor setbacks, all data hosted at data centers is secure.

Disasters of all types can strike anywhere, at any time and with little or no warning. However, natural disasters account for only 1% of all data loss. Hardware or system failure, human error, and software problems are also large contributors to loss of data. Don’t put yourself at risk of losing your data. Have a secured backup plan with OnRamp Access. Our staff is dedicated to finding a colocation data center solution that is catered to your company’s needs. In addition to colocation, our other services include managed servers and web development.