Choosing Between Managed Dedicated Servers Or Unmanaged Servers

Are you shopping for new hosting plan? In case if the answer to this question is yes then you will have to complete the hard task of choosing between managed hosting and unmanaged hosting. Most of the people start hosting their websites commonly on shared servers and this is the reason because of which most of the people haven’t heard about managed dedicated server. You will surely come across them when you will start looking for semi-dedicated hosting, VPS hosting or dedicated servers.

For sure you will notice that there will be a huge price difference between managed and unmanaged option, however you should never make the selection based on the price alone. You should know this fact that picking out wrong plan can become extremely for you in the long run. It is better to gather information about both the options in order to select the best one as per your needs and requirements.

Key differences between managed and unmanaged hosting

You should know this fact that in case if managed hosting package the service provider or the host offers their support for almost every task or problem, routine or emergency. There is limitation over the support and help offered by the host. You may not get help form the host for solving any coding problem in your site or blog. However, rest of the thing such as control panel, operating system, any pre-installed applications and server setup are managed or supported by the host. You should know that managed hosting comes with monitoring and automated backup.

The main reason because of which unmanaged hosting is cheaper as compared to former mentioned option is because one doesn’t receive any management services along with this option which means you won’t get any routine support. For sure the host will reboot servers, replace any failed component, keep the lights on and maintain the network, but they won’t attend to any problem related to software and they won’t install anything for you. You will be responsible to fix the weird messages and unwanted and unexpected software related problems. In case if you reach out to the hosting provider for help with your condition then they will charge you hourly rate for simple and basic help. Know this fact that this can make managed hosting option heavily expensive and this can wipe out all your saving which you made by selecting unmanaged hosting option.