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5 perks of an unmanaged VPS Hosting
Many businesses, like us, start with a shared hosting server as
not many people can afford the luxury of not-so-cheap windows dedicated servers at the very start of their business.
Unmanaged hosting is very common but still one of the most unheard terms. As
your business begins to grow, your website attracts more visitors. There comes
a point when your shared server waves white flag in front of your sky-soaring
network traffic.
VPS or Virtual Private Server allows you to leverage the
performance of a dedicated server at a cheaper price than most dedicated
servers. VPS, however, can be managed or unmanaged. Which of these VPSes is
better is far from being answered. Nonetheless, from what we know, neither of
them is bad as long as you know its apt implementation.
A managed VPS, as the name suggests, is completely taken care of
by the hosting provider. Error popups, security tweaks, hardware errors, and
all possible scenarios are tackled by the provider, on your behalf. An
unmanaged VPS, which is seen as something fussy, is your responsibility solely.
The provider will only fix the hardware, turn on the lights and hand you keys
to your server. Technically, an unmanaged virtual private server is VPS that
doesn’t come with support.
The troubles in managing a VPS, ask us, hits from day one.
Several web-administrators are still clung to unmanaged VPSes, and it seems
like the craze is not going to end any time soon.
Here, in this blog, I bring you top 5 reasons why unmanaged
servers are so popular, despite the responsibilities that comes complimentary with unmanaged VPS
Cost
Providing support to clients is an expensive affair for hosting
companies. It is, in fact, more expensive than setting up most shared servers.
A large portion of what you pay for your VPS server accounts for the support
that you avail. In unmanaged VPS, since there is no support involved, the expenses
come down to reasonable limits. However, a cheap
managed VPS would still cost more than unmanaged VPS from reputed providers.
It is rightfully said that an unmanaged server is more affordable than a fully
managed server.
Control
There aren’t many things you are allowed to do with a managed
hosting. An unmanaged server offers an unmatched range of possibilities to
explore. It is possible to tinker with the server configurations as per your
requirement. Although, there are, obviously, some limitations on unmanaged
server, too, that must not breach the terms and conditions laid down in the
work agreement.
Administrator’s
proficiency
Administrators with the technical know-how of managing a server
prefer unmanaged server because it offers them the liberty to build a machine
from scratch. A managed server will be troublesome for admins who have only
worked on shared servers that are entirely provider-managed.
No support
required
Many see no-support as a downside of unmanaged VPS hosting, but
a flip side of the argument is that there is no need to rely on an unresponsive
support that delays your work. Support in a managed server is also restricted
to providing resolution for server bugs, error messages, and other hardware
issues that are covered in unmanaged hosting as well. Moreover, if an unmanaged
server is efficiently built and managed, the probability of issues surfacing comes
down to one in a million.
Application
programs
Most servers come pre-installed with applications that are only
useful for entry-level configurations. Over the long run, these applications
sit idle and use valuable server resource. An unmanaged server allows you to
install, delete, or modify application installed on your server. Though a
managed server is easier to work with, an unmanaged server can be configured to
perform at par, or in cases even better than managed servers.
It will not be fair to weigh managed and unmanaged VPSes with
the same scale. While managed VPS offers an entry-level control for admins to
tune up with server functions, it is wise to switch to an unmanaged server once
you are capable enough to solve server issues on your own.
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