Enterprise
Hardwarefirewalls
Overview
Protect the servers in our racks
Hardware firewalls in the same facility as your VPS, dedicated server or co-located equipment — no third-party data centre in between.
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Same Day Setup
If you need to get your server up and running as fast as possible, we can help you get your server in our racks and connected on the same day.
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Private Subnet & VLAN
Planning to co-location multiple servers to our facility? we can setup a private subnet (VLAN) to allow safe and secure local connections between your servers.
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Remote Management
All our plans come with remote management capabilities, providing you with an additional 100Mb/s network port to manage your server over IPMI, iDrac, iLo, etc.
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Unlimited Fast Bandwidth
At Broadbent Group Ltd we own our very own Data Centre in the UK, therefore all our servers use our dedicated backbone, supporting upto 40G local network speeds.
Plans
Hardware Firewall Plans
Need more
Unlock your server to its max potential
Looking for a package that gives your server more resources? Speak to sales and we will spec it from the same UK facility.
Performance
It pays to be fast
Studies have shown that when page loading times drop from 8 seconds to 2, conversion rates can rise by 74%. Quicker pages also rank higher in search.
74%conversion lift, 8s → 2s
Why us
Why choose a hardware firewall?
The same UK team for hosting, servers and co-location — from a private facility we operate ourselves.
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Cost-effective
Much cheaper than hiring a server admin or buying your own hardware — rack, switches, backup power and the rest.
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Grows with you
Upgrade your package whenever you need more, so the plan can grow as the business does.
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Self-owned data centre
We own the facility in Colchester, so there is no third-party data centre between you and the hardware.
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99.9% uptime
A 99.9% network service guarantee with our providers, so the connection stays as steady as we can make it.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
- What is the length of the contract?
There is no contract length, so you can cancel anytime.
- What does A+B redundancy mean?
A+B redundancy means you'll have power on 2 different supplies of power, if one goes down your equipment will still have power providing it has more than one power input (most servers and switches tend to support 2 or more power inputs).
- Do I need to provide notice for cancellation?
No, as long as you give us 24 hours to organise a disconnection / power down of your equipment before you pick up / arrange collection, you're free to cancel whenever you like.
- Can you move my equipment for me?
Providing you're based in England, UK the answer is Yes, simply get in touch with our team today, we can provide you with a quote for de-racking, transportation and install costs of your equipment using our own engineers.
- If I deliver my equipment or get it transported by courier, can you install it upon arrival?
Yes, one of our engineers can install your equipment once it arrives, we also make a record of your equipment along with its serial / tag number.
- Will my equipment be insured or do I need to insure it?
By default, no. You're responsible for getting your own equipment insured, however we can provide you with a quote to add your equipment to our insurance, we just need to know the replacement value of your equipment.
- Do you have Cyber Insurance cover?
Yes! We have our own Cyber Insurance cover.
- Can I prep my equipment before installing it into the rack?
Yes! We have a dedicated area for setting up / testing your equipment before it reaches the data floor, we can also check the power consumption of your equipment to ensure it's below the amperage of your plan.
- Will there be remote hands support?
Yes! We can help you undertake any maintenance or carry out any tasks required by an on-site engineer, we typically charge £45/hour (minimum 1 hour charge).
- I need to co-locate a VoIP system, do you support this?
Yes! You can co-locate pretty much anything into our data centre, we also have GSM support from various mobile providers if your devices require this.
- Can I co-locate my entire infrastructure (firewalls, network switches, storage arrays, servers, voip, etc)?
Yes! Get in touch with our team today, and we can work out the best solution for you. You could require a dedicated full rack, half rack or quarter rack depending on the amount of equipment you have and your preferences.
- I only have a few servers, can I still have a dedicated full rack?
Yes! Just be aware we charge based on quarter rack, half-rack and full rack prices, so if you require a dedicated full rack to keep your equipment isolated from others we still have to charge you for a full rack whether you fill it up or not.
- Do you have a backup power supply?
Yes! We have an on-site generator, along with our per cabinet APC UPS's (lead-acid batteries) and our Hybrid Solar PV and Battery storage (lithium phosphate batteries).
- Do you use green energy to run your data center?
Yes! We have our very own solar and battery storage system, providing power to our data center (keeping our costs low and our data center green). If we have a bad solar day or using more than we can generate we will pull from the grid, however locally there is also a solar farm nearby.