As a client who would want to start up with building and maintaining a website for your company's needs, you would probably be caught up with decisions to make in choosing a Web hosting provider. It is because you know that choosing the best Web hosting provider will be a big factor in the performance of your Web site. And one of the decisions you have to make is whether you are going for managed or unmanaged Web Hosting.
Before going directly to your decision-making, you have to know first the difference between managed and unmanaged Web hosting. You have to weigh advantages and disadvantages of each type of Web host to guide you with your decision-making.
Managed web hosting involves providing the equipment you will need, then installing the whole network system, and the web hosting provider also does the monitoring and overall management of the clients' network. Managed web hosting services also include maintenance for those clients who do not have time and the technical abilities to maintain the network.
What is advantageous to managed web hosting is that it already provides everything that the clients need. Aside from the managed server, additional features such as network connectivity and routing equipment are provided by the Web hosting provider. The clients are also given the freedom to choose the operating system they prefer and the full administrative control over the network, unless decided upon by the clients that the Web hosting provider will oversee everything. Managed web hosting providers actually do that, delegating at least one account representative to handle all the needs of each client.
What's best about the managed services is that all the services it provides are backed up by Service Level Agreements and clients also hold on to performance guarantees. These make the clients sure about the performance of the managed Web hosting provider.
What about unmanaged web hosting services? How do they differ from managed web hosting services? If you want to be in control of the server, then unmanaged Web hosting is for you. Clients under unmanaged Web hosting services can monitor and manipulate the system because they are given the freedom from the interference of the web hosting provider. However, clients must have the technical abilities to install and maintain the server. Yes, from the installation up to the maintenance, the Web hosting provider will not intervene. Aside from the technical knowledge, the clients must also have time to monitor the performance of the server as no account representative will do that for them.
Given these advantages and disadvantages, you are now probably ready to choose which type of Web hosting provider you will be choosing for your company. Be sure to take into consideration all the points that were provided here before choosing because the server's performance will depend on this. If you think you don't have the knowledge and time to do all the monitoring, be on the safe side and choose to have managed web hosting services.
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