Sunday, November 6, 2011

A Look At How Managed Hosting Works

By Adriana Noton


In the simplest definition, how managed hosting works means that a separate server is assigned to your domain, and no other companies have any access or use of the machine but you, your customers, and employees. This opens up lots of possibilities, while eliminating many headaches. Let's take a look at some of the benefits of this type of machine management.

Reliability is an absolute must because when the server is down you lose money on salaries, and the potential of gaining new customers. The worst thing an onine business presence can have happen is for new trade to get a server error message. This usually drives people away and your company loses even more money.

Bandwidth is required for any type of hosting, and when a site makes heavy use of graphics, or shows video content, too little bandwidth can be a problem. Unlimited bandwidth is best, but you can purchase only the amount that is expected to be used. If more is needed, a simple phone call, or clicking a link in your user area, can result in having it increased to a higher level.

Response time can do more to impress potential customers than most people might consider. When a website takes a long time to load into a browser screen, many people decide there is something wrong with the server, and go ahead and close their browser window and click on the next available SERPs link. Their time is valuable too, and most people won't take the time to sit and wait.

Controlled costs are another of the benefits in having managed hosting, because you can buy only what services and features are needed while your business continues to grow. As the demand increases, you can upgrade to more features and bandwidth, while allowing the provider to keep employees who maintain the equipment, and server demands.

It is not unusual for a company to have its own software that was written in house, and it must be installed on the server so all of the employees can use it in completing their job duties. Other types of software can be installed for the client at the server side of the operations, and some of the typical programs included are Perl, PHP and sendmail.

Most businesses choose the option of unlimited users because they hope to have millions of customers sign up for an account, and the number of employees can all have their own access to upload files and complete their job tasks. Marketing campaigns often have several people working together on different facets of the operation, and they need to share files among themselves.

When it becomes too complicated to continue maintaining a server inside your company, the benefits of Managed Hosting can far outweigh the small amount of time it takes to upload files to a server machine that will have no other domains being hosted on it. The security issues all but vanish, along with the headaches of trying to maintain everything at your business location.




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