Managed VPS hosting

Managed VPS hosting vs. unmanaged

Managed VPS hosting is a theme about which there will be always something to read and write about. Even though when you go through some of the most read articles on the web you can always find some information that is not mentioned in the previous or the one you are reading doesn’t have some information that the article that you have already read has. So the more the read the better for you as you will be more informed to what the VPS server has to offer as it is clearly that VPS isn’t the same everywhere. Managed VPS hosting basically means more cash to pay unlike the unmanaged VPS however, the question I asked myself and to you in the previous article stands put here too: “Is it worth it?” Let’s see what do we get with one version of VPS and then with the other, and there is the third one that is not so commonly mentioned.

The three categories that you will come across when searching for a suitable VPS hosting provider are:

• Un-managed VPS
  
• Semi-managed VPS
  
• Fully-Managed VPS

Un-managed VPS hosting is something that present a very nice way of cutting back at funds and decreasing the amount of money you intended spending on VPS. However doing just that puts you in great risk, and that is where you have to deal with different consequences. Un-managed server requires your management for someone that has experience in administration of web sites, or community servers or any similar pages; this shouldn’t present a great problem. With a couple of articles read about some unknown themes all is on its place. Now this all sounds great and presents a nice saving, but what happens when you go to sleep or just go out somewhere? Mostly nothing if you are lucky, but constant problems occur on this type of management and there must be always someone to take care of those problems, because even though some sites or server allow some downtime, every single one of them will try to avoid any downtime and that’s why technical support must be available all the time 24x7. You can create your own IT support team to maintain your system, but unless you have some really nice friends who will do it for you with the similar level of knowledge about administration the money you will invest additionally makes you wonder why didn’t you get the Fully-managed VPS. The advantages of having a VPS are enormous, but using them can be difficult if you are doing it alone.

Semi-managed VPS hosting are similar to the Un-managed VPS as you also do most of the management when it comes to the software part of the VPS, while there are some benefits with semi-management as there is some technical support that can help you in some very difficult to solve situations. Still this doesn’t count that much if you do not possess certain amount of knowledge to handle this. Now the hosting package that concerns most of the users of VPS is the fully-managed VPS. Application of the fully-managed VPS is huge, or better yet humongous. Besides VPS there are shared hosting and dedicated hosting, and all of them have their buyers and users but the advantages to VPS on both of them are quite obvious. VPS server hosting provides users with their own dedicated environment in which they can do whatever they want with, knowing that they won’t be affecting the performance of other VPS servers that are hosted on the same hosting node unless they are using CPU intensive applications. This is the part where the technical support comes into play as VPS has its own dedicated environment which requires setting it up and its configuration.

Managed VPS hosting services allow users to purchase a VPS of their choice, but then allow the support team of their chosen web hosting provider to manage it which normally includes installing regular updates as well as the initial setup and installation of the VPS hosting server. We have talked about the price of VPS compared to the shared hosting and dedicated servers in already published articles. The price of VPS is way lower than the one of a dedicated server, but it is bigger than the price of shared hosting. But if you have read the articles from before or generally are acquainted with the VPS technology, then you know that what you get for the money you pay with VPS is hardly match-able by shared hosting and dedicated servers. You have your own server that has 24x7 support for any type of problems or advices that you need in case you don’t understand something. When it comes to business nothing runs better than a managed VPS because of the wide specter of advantages and features it provides. One of those features is the Burstable RAM. This feature can get you out of mess more than once.

Managing a web site is quite common today, as it pays off much more if you are buying a more expensive VPS plan with fully-managed support as the cost of paying a technical support team that manages all the accounts and server from the company, is far more smaller than the one of a personal IT team to manage it for you. But there are times when you will find yourself in a situation that needs additional resources and that’s where burstable RAM comes forwards. CPU is limited and you can’t get more just like that as that requires logging off and this goes also for the rest of the resources expect RAM. In certain moments you can have overflow with the business or something private that you are using the VPS for, and for some limited time the quantity of RAM available with the plan you are using, will increase and deal with the requirements that you need. Like said this won‘t last much long, but it should last long enough for you to notice that and respond to meet the requirements of your customers if this becomes more common and expand the capacities of your virtual server which is of course very easily done with simple log off. A couple of minutes later administrator of the physical server will add the wanted resources which you demanded with of course additional payment for the additional resources. This belongs in the flexibility category as this option makes the VPS much more wanted with its easiness of adaption to customer’s desires.

Another important factor is security, as whatever security breaches you have within your virtual server are generally your fault, as you have the responsibility of taking care of it. If this happens to someone located on the physical server you are located on, the affects to your zero as you are almost ‘physically’ separated from each other. This is also because the IP address is dedicated to each server separately and don’t effect each other. The only thing that you will have to manage is the server itself and for what you is using it. That is all up to you to decide what you will do. However you are not left empty-handed, for example on our servers you get Windows Server 2008 installed with a control panel to help you managed your internal settings. Everything is changeable but mostly additional software costs money and most of the control panels too.

Factor that affect the choice of finding perfect VPS hosting

There are other factors that affect the choice of finding yourself the perfect VPS, and most people look at the prices as the first factor, but that is the mistake that everybody makes. Money that you spend is of course important, but the most important things, especially if you use the VPS for money making, is how much money you can lose if investing in a VPS with poor support, unstable servers, the fact that they are ‘new’ on the market with poor experience, or the services that are pointed out to be provided simple seem impossible or you have the experience of how hard is to fulfill them (false promises), etc… Think about it very well when you are buying a VPS as nobody is perfect, especially with the human factor in the whole equation. Read the facts well, decide what you need measuring your own capabilities and then decide.

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