Managed Hosting Services
Managed hosting services are basically dedicated servers that are accompanied by a regime of technical support, monitoring services and proper maintenance. Web hosting, on the other hand, is one where the customers are given their own servers but still they are entitled to administrate and maintain all virtual duties. These services are recommended for organizations that do not have enough capital or time to invest in server administration. The services are meant for websites which are designed to host e-commerce websites and dynamically driven web pages.
A managed provider will be able to handle things related to a dedicated server and its inherent features. This becomes easier as all the burden including the administrative tasks is left to the managed provider. The services are such that most companies often assign a dedicated service representative who looks to cater only a specific account or a couple of more than that. Inexperienced administrators can easily set up and manage sites on a server if the support provided comes in the form of proprietary control panel technology. This does not involve any complicated commands but just a few user-friendly and easy point and click methods to operate.
Most of the managed hosting companies provide a supplementary suite containing service and features related to load balancing, managed hosting, database and application management and high availability. Service Level Agreements and guarantee for performance will back up these managed hosting services. However, unmanaged servers give the customers full remote server administration freedom and capability. The disadvantage with these kinds of unmanaged servers is that they require a lot of time and technical expertise. Customers are ultimately the ones who are responsible for the management of the server and not the web host. Hence, unmanaged servers are recommended only for companies that have an extensive server administration expertise or resources in addition to a significant amount of time.