Colocation in Italy for your hardware: a full rack or a half rack, with redundant power and cooling and 24h self access with a badge. Custom price, based on space, power and bandwidth.
The service
Server colocation, called housing in Italy, is the service in which a company installs its own servers and network equipment in a third-party data center, which provides rack space, redundant power, cooling, connectivity and physical security. The hardware remains the company's; the room, the facilities and the surveillance are managed by the data center. It differs from hosting, in which the server belongs to the provider, which makes its resources available (the difference between hosting and housing, in Italian).
Rackone offers colocation in a full rack or a half rack in the data centers of the Edge network in Italy, with redundant power and cooling, carrier-neutral connectivity and a dedicated access badge for each rack. The site is defined at the quote stage, based on where the users are and on the power required, and is stated in the contract. Cages, that is fenced areas with reserved access, and multi-rack configurations are designed to measure.
The offers
Price on request, based on site, power and connectivity, with a detailed quote.
Full rack
A closed cabinet for exclusive use, for infrastructures with several servers, storage and network equipment. Power, bandwidth and cabling are sized on the project.
Half rack
A separately locked compartment inside a shared cabinet, for installations of a few servers with the same facilities and the same security as a full rack.
Need a cage or several racks?
Configurations by project: a dedicated cage in a shared environment, separate hot and cold aisles and self access.
Hardware is also available for rent: a dedicated server is a physical server for exclusive use, at a monthly fee, in the same network. For virtualisation clusters there are Proxmox servers (in Italian), hosted in the same data centers.
The facilities
Facilities of the Edge network data centers. The quote states the technical data of the proposed room, including the power available per rack.
Redundant UPS and generator, up to a 2N configuration with two independent power chains to the rack. When the grid fails, the generator takes the load.
Direct expansion (DX) systems, N+1 in the data hall and 2N in the technical rooms, with free cooling and water-free cooling.
Active CCTV, access log and environmental monitoring in every room.
Earthquake-resistant structures, with floors designed for loads up to 1,000 kg per square metre.
Carrier neutral: public and private peering with the main Italian carriers and direct access to the main Italian internet exchange points (IXP), on a fibre-optic backbone.
Energy from 100% renewable sources. Network operations centre (NOC) and support in Italy for every site.
access to your racks
Every rack has a dedicated badge for self access to the room, 24h, for work such as replacing a disk, installing a server or restarting a machine. Every access is logged and the rooms are under CCTV.
The network
The servers are hosted in the data centers of the Edge network in Italy. The site is defined at the quote stage, based on where the users are and on the power required.
The proposed room meets two criteria, proximity to the users and the power required, and the quote states its technical data.
For geographic redundancy the servers are split between two data centers of the network, interconnected by the same fibre-optic backbone.
The contract states the destination data center: the location of the servers and the people authorised to access them are always documented.
An interconnected network
The Edge network data centers are interconnected by a carrier-neutral fibre-optic backbone, with direct access to the main Italian internet exchange points.
Standards and certifications
The data centers are certified ISO/IEC 22237 Parts 1-7, the standard that covers the construction, power, cooling, cabling, security and management of a data center, and ANSI/TIA-942-C Rating 3, site by site. For the management of the rooms they are also certified ISO 14001 (environment), ISO/IEC 20000-1 (IT services), ISO 22301 (business continuity) and ISO 45001 (occupational health and safety).
Rackone is certified ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 27001 by WCS Ltd; the 27001 includes the controls of the ISO/IEC 27017 and 27018 guidelines, for cloud services and personal data. Certificates and scope are on the Certifications page.
Housing and colocation refer to the same service: housing is the term most used in Italy, colocation the international one. In both cases the server remains the property of the company that installs it, and the data center provides rack space, redundant power, cooling, connectivity and physical security. Rackone uses the two terms as synonyms.
With hosting the server belongs to the provider, which makes its resources available; with colocation the server belongs to the company and the provider hosts it in a data center. Colocation is the right choice when the hardware is already available, when full control of the machine is needed, or when licence or compliance constraints require a dedicated physical server. The full comparison is in the blog guide on hosting or housing, in Italian.
A Rackone half rack includes a separately locked compartment inside a shared cabinet, with redundant power, cooling, connectivity and a dedicated access badge. Power is sized on the installed hardware and, as the infrastructure grows, the half rack can move to a full rack without changing site.
In the Edge network data centers a colocation rack reaches up to 10 kW, depending on the room, with redundant power. Configurations with more power, dedicated cages and separate hot and cold aisles are built by project; the quote states the power available at the proposed site.
Yes, colocated servers can be accessed on your own: every rack has a dedicated badge for entering the room 24h, without an appointment. Access is logged, and the rooms have active CCTV and environmental monitoring.
The servers are hosted in the Edge network data center in Italy defined before signing: the contract states the site, so the location of the data and the people authorised to access it are always known. For geographic redundancy the servers can be split between two sites.
Yes, the Edge network data centers are carrier neutral: you can use your own connectivity carrier or the connectivity supplied by Rackone. The rooms have public and private peering with the main Italian carriers and direct access to the main Italian internet exchange points.
If the grid fails, redundant UPS units and generator keep the rack powered: the batteries carry the load until the generator starts and, in rooms with a 2N configuration, two independent power chains reach the rack. The quote states the configuration of the proposed room.
The price of Rackone colocation is on request and depends on four parameters: site, space (half rack or full rack), power and bandwidth. To receive a detailed quote, state these parameters and the number of servers to host in the contact form.
Yes, before the contract is signed the data center can be visited by appointment: room, facilities, access procedures and position of the assigned rack. Rackone is presented on the Company page.
Yes, a company anywhere in the world can host its servers with Rackone colocation: the servers stay in Italy, under EU jurisdiction, and you reach our team in English at the same email and phone contacts as our Italian customers.
The transfer of servers from another room is planned with the server migration service; updates, backups and security are managed with the systems management service, also on machines installed by third parties; the status of the services is checked with server monitoring. All three pages are in Italian.
The partner programme includes housing and colocation on reserved terms for your customers' hardware, with a single technical contact. We never contact your end customers.
Data sovereignty
An Italian company, with our own data center in Venice and an Edge network of partner data centers in Italy and Europe, and no transfers outside the EU: you always know where your data resides and who can access it, in line with GDPR and NIS2.
Full rack or half rack, price on request: state the site, space and power to receive a detailed quote.
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