Managed dedicated servers
Key managed dedicated server benefits
Customization
Dedicated servers provide a high level of customization, allowing you to tailor the server environment to meet the exact needs of your site or app. You have full control over its software. hardware, and operating system.
Performance
With a dedicated server, all resources are allocated to your site or app, ensuring consistent and reliable performance. Resources are not shared with other users, which can often lead to bottlenecks or slowdowns on shared hosting platforms.
Reliability
Since you’re not sharing resources with other users, the reliability of a managed dedicated server is typically higher compared to shared hosting environments.
Compliance
For businesses operating in regulated industries like healthcare or finance, dedicated servers offer the control and security necessary to comply with industry-specific regulations and standards.
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Managed dedicated server key features
Included with your server
Our managed dedicated servers come with generous bandwidth allocations—10 or 15 TB—facilitating fast data transfer and smooth operation, particularly for data-heavy applications.
You can scale your resources as your needs grow, eliminating the hassle of shopping for another host and migrating.
Root or administrative access is available on every managed dedicated server, giving you complete control over server configurations, software installations, and system settings.
We install a cPanel, Plesk, or InterWorx control panel on initial purchase, centralizing hosting management and system-level control for all your sites and servers.
Pre-configured servers are automatically equipped with business-grade SSDs. You can request NVMe, GPU, additional networking ports, additional networking speeds, and self-encrypting drives.
Remote management tools like SSH (for Linux servers) or remote desktop access (for Windows servers) are included, allowing you to manage your server from anywhere with an internet connection.
We consider every factor that impacts a dedicated server—cooling, airflow, power, rack location, and hardware—ensuring seamless operation without any concern on your end.
Standard DDoS protection is included, safeguarding against malicious attacks aimed at disrupting service.
Your dedicated IP address enhances your server’s security by keeping it separate from others, allowing you to control who can access it, and making it easier to set up specific security measures.
Many preset dedicated server plans include Acronis Cyber Backups installed along with an Acronis backup cloud (off-site) or Liquid Web cloud (on-site and off-server), ensuring data integrity and minimizing downtime in the event of a security breach.
Your server is stored in a highly secure data center that’s only accessible to authorized staff, safeguarding your data and online operations.
Operating systems
Our managed dedicated servers are available with the robust and versatile Linux OS.
Our managed dedicated servers are available with the powerful and user-friendly Windows OS.
Your top managed dedicated server questions answered
What’s the difference between unmanaged and managed servers?
The primary difference between managed and unmanaged servers lies in the level of control and responsibility that the hosting provider and the customer have over the server’s maintenance and administration.
What are managed dedicated servers?
Managed dedicated servers are a type of hosting service where a dedicated physical server is leased by a customer from a hosting provider, and the provider takes care of all server management tasks.
Are all dedicated servers managed?
No, not all dedicated servers are managed. However, you can choose fully managed dedicated hosting, meaning that you’ll have a full-time provider who can manage all technical aspects for you.
Unmanaged vs managed dedicated hosting
Online services such as email, website, and ecommerce hosting are critical for practically any business today, but they all rely on servers to be constantly operational. Determining which server hosting is right for your business objectives can have a major impact on your web hosting experience as a whole.
Businesses can choose between unmanaged and managed dedicated server hosting plans. And while costs are important, the right solution is always based on an informed decision instead of solely on upfront costs. It’s vital for companies to understand that an ill-advised server plan will ultimately cost them even more money than initially budgeted.
Hosting companies offer two types of dedicated server solutions for their customers: unmanaged and managed. Before making a decision, it’s important to understand the key differences between the two.
Unmanaged dedicated servers
Unmanaged dedicated servers, also known as bare metal servers, are an option for companies that want to be in complete control and fully responsible for their hosting servers and software.
This can be cheaper for companies with the human resources and expertise to handle server management. The hosting company is only responsible for ensuring that the infrastructure runs smoothly from a hardware perspective.
Many tasks fall on the organization’s plate, including installing scripts, monitoring updates and related compatibility issues, mitigation of security risks, and attack containment. Lax server security opens up infrastructure vulnerabilities that will compromise business operations and expose the company to data breaches in the long run.
Managed dedicated servers
Unlike unmanaged dedicated servers, managed dedicated servers—as the name suggests—are the full responsibility of the hosting company, which hires engineers to monitor, configure, and manage them.
Businesses that choose managed dedicated servers don’t want to bother with daily server administration because they find it too demanding and time-consuming.
Web hosting companies also deliver locked-down security through their managed dedicated server plans by regularly updating and monitoring malware detection, DDoS protection, and taking care of automated data backups, and operating system hardening.
Compared to unmanaged dedicated servers, managed dedicated server options tend to deliver the highest level of performance and security through real-time traffic monitoring, and power and network uptime.
They can be fully customizable and built to order with Linux or Windows. Even for managed dedicated servers, plans can vary between self-managed, core managed, and fully managed.
Managed dedicated server solutions are a great option for companies that operate multi-user apps, databases of any kind, SaaS, virtualization, resellers, high-traffic sites, and multiple sites.
Primary differences between unmanaged and managed dedicated servers
Managed dedicated servers come with full support. Companies don’t need to devote a lot of their own technical knowledge to server management because the hosting company will do all the work and can be contacted any time to deliver support.
The hosting company will take care of all components and any server reboots and will ensure everything runs smoothly from a maintenance perspective so customers can focus their time and resources on more important business activities.
Unmanaged dedicated servers can have a significantly lower sticker price and deliver complete control and freedom, but they also involve much more work on the customers’ end.
Not only does the organization have to install scripts, the operating system, control panel, and hardware by itself, but it will also have to personally take care of configuration, security, and network and hardware maintenance
For companies that lack this capacity or are taking resources away from more important business functions, unmanaged dedicated servers can become significantly more expensive throughout the service’s lifecycle.
On a managed dedicated server plan, the hosting company can decide to replace all components and take care of the entire infrastructure. However, on an unmanaged dedicated server, the web host is no longer responsible for maintaining the control panel or for security vulnerabilities installed by the customer.
Any extra tech support request sent to the hosting company will result in extra charges, and the hosting company can’t be held accountable for malfunctions or breaches caused by poor self-management.
Companies should choose the best plan according to their comfort with managing servers and their expertise in fixing software glitches, security patching, and installing libraries or a multi-management control panel like Plesk, cPanel, or InterWorx.
Choosing the best server option depends on the individual business, its internal capacity, and technical requirements.
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