VPS
a light in one room shouldn’t have a
detrimental effect on another. You pay
for exactly what you need and use in
your space, leaving no room for waste.
There’s no need to overdimension
server capacity as you would to
prepare your dedicated server for
future growth. You can ‘pay-as-yougrow’ and invest step-by-step when
you need more capacity.
Furthermore, the costs involved
in the online back up of a VPS are
substantially lower compared to
traditional back up devices. Minimising
IT costs and freeing up capital allows
businesses to invest in other areas that
are important to them.
Control is key
When using shared infrastructure, it is
very much one size fits all. You have
to make do with the environment you
are given and don’t have either the
authority or access to change it. Your
usage is interconnected and can have
a detrimental effect on that of your
neighbour – and vice versa.
With VPS you have your own
dedicated environment that you have
complete control over. You can design
it any way you like: adding software
you require and removing anything
that isn’t needed. A tailor made,
secure solution built for you and
managed by you alone.
VPS can also offer another type
of control – control over, and support
with, unpredictable eventualities. In
other words, a safety net. This means
no more panicking at 2am because
a disk has packed up and you need
to manually find and restore lost
data. Instead, the service reboots
automatically on another physical
server in a data centre, and you don’t
lose a thing.
Business needs vary
Opting for a VPS also does not limit
your options. You are still very much
in control of your business’ future IT
requirements. A VPS doesn’t have
to be a stand alone solution, but fits
perfectly into hybrid architectures
– whether en route to dedicated
infrastructure or as an add-on to your
existing dedicated set up.
It’s easy to focus on your IT
requirements as they stand right
now, but what about the future? If
you want to scale, now is the time
to put things in place to make the
transition as smooth as possible.
Outgrowing your IT could weigh
you down and delay your global
ambitions - something that can easily
be avoided if you future proof your
business’ IT.
So there you have it, five reasons
why VPS could be a viable solution
for your business needs. This middle
ground can provide time and cost
savings that could be instrumental
in driving business growth. Stepping
up from traditional hosting provides
greater control and flexibility without
having to move to a dedicated server
immediately, and takes away some of
the pressures of managing your own
IT infrastructure. It’s time to destress
with a little VPS!
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