Spam firewall, exploring in depth
All the customer does is provide and manage the actual computer hardware and pay rent for its alloted space. Colocation hosting services provide space for customers to locate their network, server and storage equipment offsite in a secure location with fire protection and redundant air conditioning systems to keep the equipment in good working order. Physical access to customer equipment is controlled by individual, locked cabinets and cages. Colocation hosting centers provide a high level of around the clock physical security for company computer network equipment; in addition to state of the art fire protection services, many facilities require employee escorts for their customers to and from their alloted space and utilize video surveillance, card access and fingerprint and voice recognition systems. In addition, the multiple fiber optic cable bundles that typically service colocation hosting facilities provide enough duplication to maintain communications should one of the bundles become damaged.