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Why You Must Pick Managed Servers Over Self-Managed Dedicated Hosting
It doesn’t matter whether you are running a busy website, or many different websites- it is important to choose the right dedicated server package, whether a managed server or unmanaged. The main difference is in cost, and the level of service.
Picture yourself hosting a few websites for a business. Web security is foreign to you, as is a web server. Will a self managed server really do the job? In this situation you’ll be responsible for managing the server and ensuring the websites hosted on it are always online. Unless you really know your server hosting, you will come unstuck before long.
The first thing we mentioned about unmanaged servers was the lower cost. For managed servers, you can either pay your current host to manage the server, or use a third party. It’s definitely cheaper than having a full time employee to do this task for you. Typically you can pay for a high level of knowledge and peace of mind for the fraction of the cost of a full time employee. On the other hand, if your company already has IT techs, or you yourself are more than able with managing web servers, paying for a managed server has to be a waste.
Real peace of mind comes with managed hosting. I have lost count of how many times I have been called out because of unmanaged dedicated servers going pop in the night. Trust me, the last thing you want to be doing is fixing hardware on Xmas day. Managed hosting gives peace of mind that this kind of thing is sorted for you.
Managed dedicated server setups also give you more time to concentrate on the important things. Keeping on top of security and patching is a total nightmare. A server management company specialise in this kind of thing, so they are already two steps ahead and will be able to fix any potential problem much quicker for you.
The last time your business wants is downtime. You can’t avoid having software or hardware faulting. I can tell you from bitter experience, that a server will wait for the most inconvenient time to break. Having your service offline either costs you your image or sales. By paying a managed server host, you know any problem is going to get looked at quickly.
Personally, I’d always go for a managed dedicated server, purely for an easy life. If you have your own business, you should know the importance of delegating and outsourcing. Sit down, chill and let the experts look after your server requirements.
