In which Atlanta data centers can I have a dedicated server?
HostColor.com most used data center facilities in the Miami metropolitan area to deliver Bare-Metal Dedicated Servers are:
- American Tower (Cyber Wurx): 55 Marietta Street 16th Floor, Atlanta, GA, 30303
- 55 Marietta (Cogent): 55 Marietta St NW, Atlanta, GA 30303
- Lumen: 180 Peachtree St NW, Atlanta, GA, 30303
- Equinix 1: 180 Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30303
- Equinix 4: 450 Interstate to N PKWY, Atlanta, GA 30339
HostColor also provides cloud infrastructure and bare-metal dedicated servers in other Atlanta data centers on an on-demand basis.
Which OS can I use on my Atlanta Dedicated Server?
If you have a dedicated server hosted in HostColor's Cogent and Cyber Wurx data centers located at 55 Marietta St NW you can run any Linux or Windows operating system or use Proxmox VE, VMware ESXi, Linux Containers, VirtualBox, OpenVZ, Kubernetes, Docker, or any other virtualization platform.
If you have an Edge bare-metal server with a 5 Gbps - 30 Gbps bandwidth port and unlimited data transfer, hosted at 180 Peachtree St NW data center, then there are "officially supported operating systems". They are Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Rocky Linux 9, Rocky Linux 8, Debian 12, RHEL (BYOL) 9.3, RHEL (BYOL) 9.0, RHEL (BYOL) 8.5, and RHEL (BYOL) 7.9. If you need to use virtual server environments on your Miami Edge server, you can install the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) virtualization technology in Ubuntu 20 (or Ubuntu 22) OS. VMM provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for creating and running virtual machines with Linux or Windows operating systems.
Can I run virtual machines on my dedicated server in Atlanta?
Yes. If you have a dedicated server hosted in HostColor's Atlanta data centers located at 55 Marietta St NW, you can run any Linux or Windows OS, or use Proxmox VE, VMware ESXi, Linux Containers, VirtualBox, OpenVZ, Kubernetes, Docker, or any other virtualization platform.
If you have a bare-metal server hosted in our Atlanta data center at 180 Peachtree St NW, you can use the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) virtualization technology in Ubuntu 20 (or Ubuntu 22) OS to create, run, and manage virtual machines with Linux or Windows operating systems.
Can I have a dedicated cloud infrastructure in Atlanta?
You can use your preferred cloud computing virtualization technology to create and deploy a dedicated cloud infrastructure on a single bare metal server or a cluster of servers. If you want to use two dedicated bare metal servers, they can be directly interconnected using 1GE or 10GE NIC cards. If you need HostColor's help to create a cloud computing architecture, we can help you design one, deploy it, and manage it as needed.
Servers hosted at 55 Marietta St NW data centers in Atlanta can use Proxmox VE, VMware ESXi, Linux Containers, VirtualBox, OpenVZ, Microsoft Hyper-V, Kubernetes, Docker, or other virtualization platforms.
Edge bare-metal servers hosted at 180 Peachtree St NW data center in Atlanta can use the Ubuntu operating system with Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) virtualization technology in Ubuntu 20 (or Ubuntu 22) OS.
Can I have a Cloud PC on HC servers in Atlanta?
If you need a Cloud PC in Atlanta with a Microsoft Windows operating system, we will provide you with a bare-metal server with Proxmox VE or a virtualization platform. It will allow you to have multiple Miami-based Cloud PCs (aka Remote Desktops), each running Microsoft Windows 10 or Windows 11. They can be accessed securely via Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
If you want to use a Linux-based Cloud PC, we recommend Peppermint OS. It is based on the Debian/Devuan repositories.
How does HC assign IP addresses on the Atlanta Server?
Clients with Atlanta dedicated servers hosted at 55 Marietta St NW data centers are assigned 1 usable IP address and can add more IPs at any time.
Each Dedicated server in Atlanta, hosted at 180 Peachtree St NW data center is assigned its own IPv4 subnet that varies from /29 (8 IPs addresses) to /24 (256 IPs). The first three IP addresses are used for the networking service of your server as follows: 1st IP address is for the router default gateway; 2nd IP address is reserved for router1; 3rd IP is reserved for router2. The 4th IP address is the main IP of your Atlanta Edge Dedicated Server. Any additional IP addresses can be ordered from Accounts.HostColor.com and can be used for various services on your server.