Often, a business makes a decision to upgrade or transition from one service to another based on how it will impact the bottom line. This is certainly true with internet hosting plans, with many companies choosing to move from a shared hosting plan or a VPS (Virtual Private Server) plan to a managed dedicated server.
A managed dedicated server allows the company to lease an actual bare-metal physical server and have full control of the resources, software and the root access to the server. However, with the managed component in the plan, the hosting service provider will take responsibility for the care and maintenance of the server as well as to provide around the clock, 365 customer support and service to address issues and problems that may arise.
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For businesses with a significant online presence, including a website, ecommerce site, gaming site, streaming site or for those with the need to run specific types of software, a managed dedicated server is an ideal option.
These servers will typically use WHM/cPanel control, which is intuitive and easy to learn, allowing the business IT team or webmaster to make changes, modify, or work on the site whenever it is needed.
The hosting company, with the 24/7/365 monitoring, will also be looking for atypical or unusual traffic on the server. They will also continuously monitor the server hardware, recognizing potential problems and finding a solution before there is any disruption for your company or your end users.
While the cost of a dedicated server is more than VPS or shared hosting services, it is also much less than actually maintaining a server on-site for a business. There is never a need to replace the server and, with automatic backups completed by the hosting company, your data is always safe and accessible.
If the company has been struggling with the current hosting plan, it is very likely that switching to a dedicated server will create a positive impact on performance and flexibility.