Question

Discuss and develop a theoretical network architecture for a small business in the area that wishes to expand into new facilities, like a colocation center in the downtown area.

Answer 1

A colocation is nothing but a data center facility in which a business can rent space for servers and other computing hardware.
There are several reasons a business might choose a colocation over building its own data center, but one of the main drivers is
the capital expenditures (CAPEX) associated with building, maintaining and updating a large computing facility.
With colocation, you purchase and own both the hardware (servers) and software that will host your web presence,
AND you are responsible for properly setting up and configuring both.
Depending upon your needs, you may also purchase a network device or two (switch, router, firewall, vpn appliance, etc) to manage traffic in
and out of your servers.
In the past, colocation were often used by private enterprises for disaster recovery. Today, colos are especially popular with cloud
service providers.