Dedicated Server or Managed Hosting for Websites?
The problem in making a move like this? The wide variety of hosting options out there. Servers, virtual servers, hosting, managed and unmanaged hosting and servers… you get the idea. The end result is a big headache trying to understand which is best – and which is affordable!
And as an article on this web hosting review site points out, the managed part has its pros and cons – managing costs more, but you DO get piece of mind.
In fact, you can even save in the long run – if you’re paying for someone to handle your technical work now, you won’t need them as often, which saves you money. And with labor costs the way they are, the small extra cost for ‘managed’ probably equals only a few hours of tech support.
The site also has a comparison chart for web hosting prices, so you can browse the different offers out there, both managed and ‘un’managed.
In my case, the decision was made (sort of), and I decided to ride the wave and stay with my provider. But I also know that in the future, I will be moving on and up – and a site like this will make short work of the side by side comparisons for dedicated server hosting, and I expect, save me money.
August 20th, 2010 at
Cheers for this article. When running a website, choosing the right web hosting company can be challenging because of the large variety of web hosting options to select, and because it’s not easy to decide whether you can trust the web host you’re with – Will they keep your files safe? Are they going to be reliable and have little downtime? Luckily, I find that researching the company can help to find out whether they’re good or not. For this reason, I always find out other customers opinions of the web hosting company before using them. — Jake.