A dedicated server is a necessity in many businesses especially the large enterprises or huge e-commerce companies. In your outfit, you will need dedicated servers to help in hosting large web applications over the website.
Now, many startup or small companies also need dedicated web to offer valuable assistances to the customers who rent for their services. Once the customers hired the dedicated servers, they have full controls over the servers.
There are two types of dedicated servers : managed dedicated servers and unmanaged dedicated servers.
Unmanaged dedicated servers
Unmanaged dedicated servers are for clients who want to be in charge of all their own monitoring, maintenance and backup. They should have the technical resources to be able to do this if they are going to choose an unmanaged dedicated server.
Managed dedicated servers
A managed dedicated server is one where the Internet Service Provider (ISP) is responsible for all the maintenance and backup that needs to be carried out, and also the running of the server.
This option is more appealing as it leaves clients free to focus on their business. Managed dedicated servers are perfect for companies who do not have the technical know-how and who look easy management of server.
Advantages of managed dedicated servers
All the technical support that a client needs will be given by the managed hosting provider along with an ensured maximum server uptime.
A managed server hosting adapts to the client’s individual and requirements.
Managed dedicated servers provide greater uptime, increased security, greater server access and greater scalability.
Disadvantages of managed dedicated servers
The maintenance cost and start up are higher.
The client may not have root/admin access (meaning they have limited access) if they have a fully managed server.
