Virtual Colocation

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For companies that already have experience using VMware to deploy virtual instances Expedient can allocate a section of the virtual server farm in which you have control over VMware's Virtual Center to manage your virtual instances as needed. By deploying in this manner it eliminates almost all capital costs to deploy new servers and leaves the physical server responsibilities to the infrastructure experts.

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Virtual Colocation Features

• Systems are housed in one of our SSAE-16 Certified Facilities
• All infrastructure is fully redundant
• Scalable on demand
• Lower start up cost, lower monthly cost, lower TCO than traditional colo or managed hosting
• Disaster recovery and geographical diversity incorporated into the service
• 24x7x365 service and support

Virtual Colocation Benefits

• Compliant with audit requirements
• Eliminate the need for owning and managing servers and other infrastructure assets
• Daily full backups of all of your data
• Pay-as-you-grow expansion capability without capital expenditures
• Proactive monitoring and testing of all systems

Virtual Colocation Advantages

• Scalable on demand
• Customer has flexibility to manage virtual resources via virtual center
• Lower Initial and overall cost
• Satisfy auditors without additional capital
• Ensure data continuity & comply with current regulations like Sarbanes- Oxley, PCI, HIPAA
• Off-Site hosting provides further protection for disaster recovery and business continuity purposes

Redundant Virtual Server Farm

• N+2 Server Infrastructure
• Move instances between hosts seamlessly
• Virtual Disaster Recovery can be added as an option

Supported Client Types

•  Microsoft Windows 2003, 2008 (Data Center, Enterprise, Standard & Web Editions)
• Linux (RedHat / CentOS / Debian / SUSE 9, 10)
• Sun Solaris 9,10
• HP-UX
• VMware ESX

Expedient Virtual Data Center Solutions provide a fully redundant Enterprise Architecture monitored and managed 24x7 with the capability to expand on demand. Virtual Data Center Solutions can be provided at a lower Virtual overall cost than most traditional collocation or managed hosting scenarios.

Staffed Facility

• Expedient employees staff facilities 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
• Operations Support Center staff are just 5 steps from raised floor equipment for any and all remote hands work
• Specialized, experienced and certified engineers available for consultation
• The level of technical expertise is unparalleled in the region for service provider data center space

Complete Control

Expedient maintains complete authoritative and operational control over data center facility, working with both staff facility engineers, electricians, and contractors to produce the solutions that custom fit clients' needs.

Expedient offers managed services including virtual colocation, remote backups, equipment management, storage area networks and more. Our high quality virtual colocation services enable you to seamlessly move server instances between hosts. With virtual colocation from Expedient, you can eliminate the need to own and manage multiple physical servers, as well as reduce capital costs. For more information about virtual colocation, download our data sheet today.