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First of all, we would like to say that HostColor is an Edge Hosting service provider founded in 2000. We specialize in providing semi-managed and managed dedicated Cloud infrastructure, Bare Metal Servers and Virtual Private Servers delivered from more than 100 Edge data center locations worldwide.
Edge hosting", "edge-hosted" or "edge server" means that the IT environment (server) is physically hosted very close to the source of the data and the users of the data. For example, a New York City edge server is a technology environment - a physical dedicated server or a virtualized server - that is hosted in a New York City data center, physically close to the data collection source, the organization that creates and processes the data, and the primary users of that data. Network latency - the time it takes for data to travel - between the Edge server and the applications it hosts and their users must be between 1 and 5 milliseconds.
A "Semi-Managed" infrastructure implies that the provider does not fully manage the customer's server environment and does not prevent your root access to it. The customer is responsible for managing the infrastructure themselves.
HostColor's Semi-Managed Dedicated Server Service Level Agreement (SLA) means that our administrators will install the server environment to the customer's custom configurations, reinstall the operating system upon request, configure the network settings, and help server owners troubleshoot any operating system, network, or software configuration issues.
In other words, as a part of its 'Semi-Managed' hosting service agreement, HC provides its clients customers with comprehensive server-side technology expertise, starting with the operating system (OS) and the general application framework environment and ending with the network configurations.
Therefore, HostColor specializes in providing hosting infrastructure services - cloud servers and bare metal servers (dedicated servers) at the edge - as close to your target audience as possible. If your organization needs a private IT infrastructure close to your office, HostColor will set it up in a local data center. If you need to provide website or application services in a specific metropolitan area, HC will provide you with a virtual or physical dedicated server, right there. You and your local customers would experience instant application delivery with an average network latency ranging from 1 to 5 milliseconds.
We offer two types of 'Semi-Managed' cloud infrastructure services - Public Cloud Servers and Hosted Private Cloud. The Public Cloud Servers are used to host websites and deliver publicly available application services. They feature public IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and custom security configurations based on software application and customer requirements. Hosted Private Clouds are IT infrastructure environments that are not accessible via the public Internet. They are created to host an organization's internal technology operations. Authorized users access them through custom-built virtual private network (VPN) tunnels that are created and managed with custom security policies.
Cloud Servers are also good for business-class mail servers, but not for email marketing or sending unsolicited email messages. HostColor provides public cloud servers from data centers in Ashburn Virginia, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Newark, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Seattle, Toronto, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Singapore, Zurich.
All Public Cloud Servers and Private Clouds hosted in our Dallas, Texas data center are failover protected by default and feature unmetered data transfer on 100 Mbps or 1 Gbps bandwidth ports. In the event of an outage, the failover protection feature seamlessly switches all workflows to a fully mirrored and synchronized copy of the cloud server for continuous operation. There is no need to reconfigure network services or change other settings and software configurations. Cloud Server plans include free technical support. Pricing starts at $15/month.
Choose a cloud infrastructure service from the categories below.
Cloud Hosting (Home Page) | Public Cloud Servers | Hosted Private Cloud | Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
If you need a server in a physical dedicated server in a specific location, review the section Edge Servers on the HostColor.com home page. You will find direct links to all Edge locations where HostColor offers Edge bare-metal servers. Alternatively, to review our Edge service locations go to the top horizontal menu, click on "Dedicated Hosting" and choose "Edge Servers" from the drop-down menu.
It is important to note that all standard Linux-based bare metal server configurations in our Edge Servers are managed via SSH only. IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) is not available. A key benefit of these Edge Server plans is that they include high-bandwidth network connections ranging from 5 Gbps to 30 Gbps with no data transfer fees.
View the Edge data center locations below to select a Linux-based bare metal server.
United States: Albany, NY | Albuquerque, NM | Amarillo, TX | Ashburn Dedicated Servers | Atlanta, GA | Austin Texas Dedicated Hosting | Bend, OR | Billings, MT | Birmingham, AL | Boise, ID | Boston Edge Dedicated Server | Casper, WY | Cedar Rapids, IA | Charlotte, NC | Chicago Dedicated Servers | Cincinnati, OH | Cleveland, OH | Dallas Dedicated Server | Denver Dedicated Server | Detroit, MI | El Paso, TX | Fresno, CA | Honolulu, HI | Herndon, VA | Houston Dedicated Server | Indianapolis Dedicated Server | Jackson, MS | Jacksonville, FL | Kansas City, MO | Las Vegas, NV | Little Rock, AR | Los Angeles, CA | Madison, WI | Miami Dedicated Servers | Minneapolis, MN | Nashville, TN | New Orleans, LA | New York Dedicated Servers | New York City Edge Server | Omaha, NE | Tustin, Orange County, CA | Philadelphia Dedicated Server | Phoenix, AZ | Pittsburgh, PA | Portland, OR | Raleigh, NC | Sacramento, CA | Salt Lake City, UT | San Antonio, TX | San Diego, CA | San Francisco Dedicated Server | Santa Clara, California | Seattle, WA | Spokane, WA | St. Louis Dedicated Servers | Tampa, Florida Edge Server | Tulsa, OK
Canada: Toronto, Ontario | Montreal, Quebec | Vancouver, British Columbia
Europe: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dedicated Servers | Copenhagen, Denmark | Frankfurt, Germany | Hamburg, Germany | London Dedicated Server | Milan, Italy | Munich, Germany | Oslo, Norway | Paris, France Dedicated Servers
South America: Buenos Aires, Argentina | Sao Paulo, Brazil
Asia: Singapore | Japan Dedicated Servers
As mentioned above, an Edge server is characterized by its proximity to the local market and the low latency network for local Internet users using applications and services hosted on that server. In addition to the Edge locations mentioned above, HostColor offers a range of dedicated hosting solutions categorized by various criteria. Here are our dedicated servers categorized by bandwidth.
1 Gbps Unmetered Dedicated Servers | 10 Gbps Servers | 20 Gbps Servers | 30 Gbps Servers | 100 Gbps Dedicated Servers
AMD Dedicated Servers | GPU Servers | Remote Desktop Servers
