Monday, 30 January 2012

Justifying The Expenses of Managed Servers

By Kevin Abrahams


Providers of managed servers allow you to rent their equipments in exchange for a fee. They provide services and support according to your predefined needs; maintenance, backup and security included. However, the cost is usually high that most of you may wonder if they are worth the price? The benefits need to outnumber the risks to ensure that you are putting your money in a right deal.

1.The usual benefits of managed servers are inclined with bandwidth, equipment, support and service.

2.Security Monitoring. Server management companies employ a wide variety of security methods. They have firewalls and software security suites that protect your data against possible loss and corruption caused by hackers, spammers and malicious threats of viruses, crashers, Trojans and worms. Tight security embedded with your online transactions will make your customers comfortable that their information is held private at the highest standards possible.

3.The equipment they provide should go with the flow of the latest technologies.

4.Managing your server in-house would mean you have to hire and employ a team of experts to facilitate data communications, security upgrades, software updates, and hardware maintenance and troubleshooting.

5.The provider should also provide necessary security methods such as installing antivirus, firewalls and other software that ensure that you are protected against malicious acts and intrusions.

6.Bandwidth Flexibility. In times when your business slows down, you can ask your provider to scale down your bandwidth allocation. You can save money and use it for some other projects. In times of high traffic, you are rest assured that you are provided the option to scale it up, to ensure that you can accommodate large number of visitors.

7.By commissioning a provider to manage your server for you, the time you would have spent on managing the server on your own could be allotted to other aspects of your business operations.

8.Backup Service. You are assured that all your data is backed up in several storage devices to ensure immediate restoration of your web site in cases when server failures happen.

With all these benefits, you are in a comfort zone that the money you invested in managed servers will not be put into waste.




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