What Are Managed Hosting Service Options

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span                            from plan to plan, meaning that
class="cap">The         there is plenty for a potential
focus behind the concept of     client to do before they select
managed hosting is to give            the right managed hosting plan
website hosting clients an option     for their needs.
that is cost effective for them       Here are some of the options that
whilst providing a superior level     are available for your
of service beyond traditional         consideration;

website hosting services.

Unmanaged Hosting -
Managed website hosting               With unmanaged website hosting,
essentially means that a large        the client is expected to manage
portion of the server side work       the majority of his or her
is done by the hosting company,       account alone. While unmanaged
rather than the client                website hosting does offer
themselves. This takes a lot of       support services, data monitoring
weight off the client's plate,        and back up services and disaster
giving them more time to focus on     preparedness are usually handled
their business or the client          by the client rather than by the
side's aspect of the hosting.

hosting company. Some unmanaged

There are a number of              hosting accounts do offer hosting
different options available when      services, but they will cost
it comes to managed hosting, this     extra in addition to regular
is due all hosting companies          monthly fees which makes them
having a unique offering when it      less than a cost effective
comes to the level of services,       service for most business
support, benefits and features        clients.

that they offer.

Semi-Managed Hosting -

Pricing will vary                  This is exactly what the name
significantly from hosting            would suggest, a website hosting
company to hosting company, and       plan that offers some management

by the hosting company without        solutions usually include a
their services treading in fully      predetermined number of hours
managed territory. Semi-Managed       available for system admin time,
hosting for business clients may      along with a myriad of other
include a certain amount of           services which keep the data and
system admin time per month,          server side of things effectively
monitoring of data, data backups,     managed and out of the hands of
automatic notification for            the client.

events, scheduled backups of the

Depending on your knowledge,
server, kernel and OS updates,        expertise and experience with
virus scanning on the server          website hosting and the server
side, spam filtering and so           and data side of things,
on.

different levels of managed

However, most semi-managed         hosting may be more or less ideal
hosting plans only offer some of      for your purposes. If you want to
these features, requiring extra       save time and money by forgoing
fees for a more complete managed      the hiring of a system admin,
hosting solution.

allowing your hosting company to

Fully Managed Hosting -     handle the server instead, then
This, as the name suggests, is        managed website hosting may be
website hosting that offers a         the level of service that you
fully managed solution on the         have been looking for.

server side for clients. This is

If you feel comfortable
a cost effective solution as it       handling the server and have the
means clients do not have to          time and energy to monitor your
worry about server and data           data and to plan and prepare for
backups, disaster preparedness,       disaster and data loss, then
constant monitoring of data,          managed hosting may be an expense
event notification and so on.

that you can pass

Fully managed hosting on.

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