High Density Hosting Is All About More Data Centre Per Square Foot
High Density Hosting is the art of packing more data processing power per rack space footage. It allows the powers source to maintain 4 to 5 times more raw computing power in the same rack space reducing the energy footprint as well as the real estate cost when configuring data centre size. Blade server technology has allowed this to happen. Colocation providers will usually have a mix of dedicated high density, and mixed high density and standard density facilities.
The type of data processing you need your data centre to perform will determine what sort of equipment you’ll need. High density hosting is typically well suited for companies who need to consolidate a large number of high-load servers. But your ancillary data centre needs my be suited for standard hosting since not all applications warrant high density hosting.
Your chosen colocation vendor should be able to help you break up the load and only implement HDH where it makes a difference. Being corralled into all high density servers might not be the best choice for traffic handling and overall costs.
A good data centre is a mix or blend of the right hardware in the right spots. Once you’ve decided on high density hosting, make sure your colocation host can give you the full advantages that are part and parcel to the HDH ideals. That is providing customers with access to multiple network service providers and ISPs, enabling greater choice, flexibility, network resilience, and the bottom line cost savings.