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In the next year the place where my server is currently located is being sold, as well as my "backup" location. I was wondering if there was any company/service that would just really provide as a giant server closet. Is there such a thing? And I mean a physical place to store my server, not a website hosting service.
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When you say "store my server", are you trying to imply that you have your own server built already?
Because it would just be easier to look for a dedicated host like http://www.singlehop.com/ .
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I have a already assembled server and everything. Its been running forever, but I need somewhere else to run the server from.
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That's quite a challenge...
You may have to just self-host or put it in a warehouse.
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I believe it's known as colocation https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=colocation
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I think I might just buy a VPS. Know any good ones?
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I've always used x10VPS (link) because it's connected to my standard shared hosting.
They are a good company, I've never had any noticeable downtime.

Plus there support team fixes things quite quickly :P
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I'll check that out! I've also been looking at Rackspace and Dreamhost.
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I just recently switched over to Amazon EC2. They have a free VPS tier that offers more than what you would normally pay for a $15/month VPS
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