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Why would you go for a dedicated hosting service instead of managed?
Why would a company choose to go with a dedicated hosting service instead of a managed service? Granted managed is more expensive, but it just seems so much easier to maintain! Why would one choose dedicated?
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Every situation is different, but for businesses - esp SMBs - with fairly simple telephone setups and/or networks, the rationale for managed is just not that strong. Sure, it's easier to maintain, and you don't have the headaches/pressures to keep the network running, but some businesses run pretty lean and just don't need it.
There's also the issue of control - some businesses simply prefer to maintain their network operations as a way to protect their assets and not take chances with outsourcing. I'd say that's more of a trust issue, and as the cloud becomes more widely adopted, that position is going to become harder to defend.
Hi Michael,
I am not sure if I understood you correctly - do you mean managed dedicated hosting vs. un-managed dedicated hosting?
If that is the question, then it makes sense to go for un-managed dedicated hosting ONLY if you have in-house system administration teams, who can manage servers, harden them with respect to security, etc.
If you mean managed shared hosting then the need for more computing power, independence of installing software/tweaking the configuration, etc., will make for a decision to move to dedicated hosting or cloud hosting.
In a shared hosting environment, one gets a managed cover. However, you are sharing resources with other similar users. Therefore you are constricted by the kind of application load you can manage in a shared hosting scenario. Also, you cannot make any custom changes to your environment as it is shared by a number of users and a change will impact everyone.
One would normally move to a dedicated environment when one starts needing more computing resources and needs a custom environment for the application, etc.
However, when users move to a dedicated server from a shared managed hosting, the important component that becomes missing is "managed support". This is critical. Companies typically employ third party or in-house support teams to plug this gap. Some also opt for dedicated hosts, which offer management support.
Hope this helps. Please do not hesitate to ask for more information.
Cheers!
Why not go for both?
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