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  • Colocation: The Smart Solution for Hosting Your Equipment

    Colocation: The Smart Solution for Hosting Your Equipment

    Discover how colocation allows your company to host its own servers in a secure and reliable data center environment with full hardware control and high connectivity.

    What is Colocation?

    Colocation is a hosting service that enables your business to place its own servers and hardware in a professional data center, benefiting from redundant power, cooling, physical security, and high-speed connectivity — all while maintaining full control over your equipment.

    Key benefits of Colocation

    ✅ Lower operational costs
    No need to build your own infrastructure — save on power, cooling, and security.

    ✅ High connectivity and uptime
    Data centers provide multiple ISP links and maximum service availability.

    ✅ Secure and monitored environment
    Access control, surveillance, and 24/7 support protect your physical assets.

    ✅ Scalability as needed
    Easily expand your resources by adding racks or bandwidth.

    ✅ Full control of your hardware
    You manage the servers, systems, and configurations — total freedom.

    When is Colocation the right choice?

    • Companies with existing servers seeking more stable environments
    • Service providers requiring high reliability
    • Projects needing physical control over servers
    • Businesses subject to compliance and audits

    L7CORE: The Right Partner for Colocation

    With Tier III and IV data centers across Brazil and abroad, L7CORE offers:

    • Guaranteed SLA and redundant infrastructure
    • Carrier-neutral connectivity
    • Controlled physical and remote access
    • 24/7 support with expert technicians

    🔵 Ready to host your servers with reliability and control?
    Talk to our team and explore our colocation plans.

  • Migrating to a Professional Data Center: The Essential Checklist

    Migrating to a Professional Data Center: The Essential Checklist

    Planning to migrate your infrastructure to a professional data center? Here’s a technical checklist to ensure a secure, efficient and scalable transition.

    Why migrate to a professional data center?

    Growing businesses inevitably hit infrastructure limits. A professional data center offers:

    • High availability (uptime)
    • Physical and cyber risk reduction
    • On-demand scalability
    • Consistent performance with expert support

    But a smooth transition starts with a proper checklist.

    ✅ Essential Checklist for a Safe Migration

    1. 📦 Audit your current inventory

    • What systems and applications will be moved?
    • Are there any interdependencies?
    • Any legacy systems that need adaptation?

    Perform a full technical mapping before moving anything.

    2. 🔐 Define your security requirements

    • Do you need dedicated firewalls?
    • What encryption standards are in place?
    • Are you subject to LGPD, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, etc.?

    The data center must offer compliance, physical isolation, and continuous monitoring.

    3. 🌐 Plan your connectivity

    • Will you need a dedicated link, BGP, or multiple carriers?
    • Is there redundancy?

    Low latency and resilience are non-negotiable for real-time services.

    4. 📈 Forecast growth and scalability

    • How fast is your traffic or resource usage growing?
    • Can the provider scale vertically and horizontally?

    Plan for tomorrow, not just today.

    5. 👨‍💻 Confirm support and SLA

    • Is 24/7 expert human support included?
    • What’s the average incident response time?
    • Can you speak directly with engineers?

    Without real support, even great infrastructure fails.

    6. 🔄 Test before going live

    • Run load tests, failover simulations, and validation
    • Ensure data integrity
    • Plan for rollback in case of failure

    A safe migration includes backup, validation, and rollback.

    Migrating to a professional data center is a strategic leap. Done right, it gives your company stability, growth, and peace of mind.

    🔵 At L7CORE, we help businesses migrate with precision and performance. Our technical team supports every step of the journey.

    Request a free infrastructure review today.

  • Data Centers Tier III vs Tier IV: What Does Your Business Really Need?

    Data Centers Tier III vs Tier IV: What Does Your Business Really Need?

    Learn the differences between Tier III and Tier IV data centers and discover which infrastructure level best fits your business needs.

    What are Data Center Tiers?

    Tiers are classification levels defined by the Uptime Institute to evaluate the design and reliability of a data center. The most common for enterprise use are Tier III and Tier IV.

    Tier III: High availability with efficient cost

    A Tier III Data Center provides:

    • ✅ N+1 redundancy: One backup system for every critical component
    • ✅ 99.982% uptime annually (up to 1.6 hours of downtime/year)
    • ✅ Maintenance without shutdown
    • ✅ Cost-effective for high-demand businesses

    Ideal for companies that need high uptime but want to control infrastructure costs.

    Tier IV: Maximum fault tolerance and reliability

    A Tier IV Data Center includes:

    • ✅ 2N + 1 redundancy: Two independent systems plus backup
    • ✅ 99.995% uptime annually (up to 26 minutes of downtime/year)
    • ✅ Fully fault-tolerant architecture
    • ✅ Mission-critical environments (finance, government, health)

    Recommended where any downtime equals major losses.

    Which Tier is right for your business?

    CriteriaTier IIITier IV
    Uptime99.982%99.995%
    RedundancyN+12N + 1
    CostMediumHigh
    Best forSaaS, e-commerce, enterpriseBanks, government, critical ops
    Fault TolerancePartialFull

    What does L7CORE offer?

    L7CORE operates both Tier III and Tier IV certified data centers — tailored to your project’s needs with robust infrastructure, advanced security, and enterprise-grade support.

    🔵 Want to understand which Tier fits your infrastructure strategy?
    Talk to our specialists.