Chủ Nhật, 1 tháng 1, 2012

How To Find A Good Managed Server

By Kevin Abrahams


It is an undeniable fact that due to the extremely large number of different providers in the globally competitive market of web hosting, research and review has become an important tool to find a good managed server provider. What are the factors that should be given emphasis?

1.Examine the managed services offered such as Secured Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates that ensure a secured online monetary transaction. Is the provider able to incorporate shopping carts and online forms? Will the provider be able to provide database maintenance? How about file transfer services? Consider bandwidth, data transfer levels and maximum uptime. All of these are crucial to ensure the productivity of your website. These are also essential to maintain good daily traffic to your website.

2.Are their staffs knowledgeable of their services? One effective way of knowing this is by calling their customer service hotlines. By talking to a representative, you can glimpse of how they treat a client. This would be a peek on how you would be treated in the future if you ever sign a deal with them.

3.Take a look at their equipments. A good managed server provider may allow you to personally see the equipments they are going to use to provide the services you need. Visit the offices of several providers and see the technology infrastructure they have. In most cases, a company representative shall explain how their equipments work to the maximum capacity.

4.Uptime. This factor is very important because the productivity of your website depends on this. Most of the managed server providers offer a 98 percent uptime. This is a good point; however, it would be very advantageous if you can find a provider with 99% uptime. You could maximize the efficiency and productivity of your website.

5.Cost. This is also a crucial factor to evaluate when looking for a server provider. Carefully evaluate the services a provider offer and examine if the services are substantial for the price they offer. It would be a good practice to compare not only the prices of different providers, but their services as well.

In fact, the recommendations of other businesses are also beneficial. They have looked for server providers before and most probably than not, the daily traffic they are encountering on their own web sites are reflections of the quality of service of their providers. Look for their hits, they are important stats!




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