- Definition: Dedicated Server (or Managed Server), allows companies to put their applications on a single, private server located in a data center which is owned by a service provider. The service provider provides the hardware as well as the management and maintenance of the machine(s).
- Best Fit: A company that needs an entire server dedicated to a single application but does not want the capital expenditure (capex), management and maintenance cost of purchasing their own servers for that application or data.
- Benefits:
- More Cap Ex Money Available for other technology.
- Lower IT maintenance costs.
- More flexibility. You only pay for the amount of space you are using at this moment in time and you can scale up or down immediately.
- Less Costly Downtime. Your servers are hosted in a data center that has spent millions of dollars on redundancy. Your remote users and/or additional sites are not dependent on your hub site’s power, equipment, connectivity and staff.
- Available Features with Select Providers:
- Burstable Bandwidth
- All Operating Systems
- All Hardware Makes/Models and Specs
- Mirrored Machines