Saving Money with Managed Hosting
With the move to managed hosting over the last ten years, it has become very cheap to run a website on the Internet. Instead of a company having to pay for its own network connection, network equipment such as routers and switches, and computer servers, it is possible to get it all for a very low monthly fee. That is why many people are able to run websites for less than the cost of a lunch at a restaurant. The start-up costs are quite minimal since it is mostly the domain name registration fee for two years.
The cost savings with managed hosting comes from sharing resources such as servers and network bandwidth. Hosting providers make sure that network bandwidth and server resources do not become oversubscribed. Most websites do not generate a lot of traffic and they do not use up a lot of CPU resources. That is why it is possible to start a website for almost no money. If a website starts to become very big and use up a lot of resources, it may be the best move to go with a VPS (Virtual Private Server) service instead.
With VPS Hosting, it is possible to outsource the resources of a server. The server will be shared with several other customers. However, the customer will have complete control of his own virtual instance, which will be like running a private computer. And if there is a need to contact a technician, they are always available 24 hours a day and 365 days a week for no extra cost. Hosting providers can do this because the average customer will only need a technician several times a year at the very most. With this business model, the support techs stay busy while still be available when an emergency comes up.
With managed hosting and VPS Hosting, many consumers and businesses are finding out that it is indeed possible to get great performance and service from a hosting provider while paying far less than what it would cost without using a hosting provider. This is why now is a great time to start an Internet presence or to expand an Internet presence.
