Eventually, all hardware fails.
It’s your job to ensure it fails gracefully, without taking your business offline. Redundant systems are a good first step. They ensure that even if a critical component fails, your server remains operational, ‘failing over’ to a backup.
The cost of complying with privacy and security regulations is high, so high that many companies — whether deliberately or negligently — fail to implement the protections and processes that would keep data safe. Security requires investment in process, staff, and technology, but as a recent study from Ponemon shows, not making that investment is likely to be the more expensive course of action.
Dedicated servers — often called bare metal servers — offer more power, stability, and control than cloud and multi-tenant hosting options. In fact, all other hosting options build on the capabilities of dedicated servers. Infrastructure-as-a-service platforms, virtual private server hosting, software-as-a-service applications, and traditional shared hosting rely on the power and flexibility of bare metal.
Dedicated servers are the foundation of every other type of hosting, from shared hosting to the largest cloud platforms. At the bottom of every infrastructure hosting stack is a physical server in a data center, although it might be obscured by virtualization layers and slick interfaces.
The specifications of a dedicated server determine its capabilities. There is a huge difference between a low-end dedicated server and the most powerful servers on the market. For the best server hosting experience, dedicated server users should be careful to match server specifications to the resource needs of their application.
Traditional cybersecurity is a little like building a fortress. You do everything in your power to keep attackers out and sensitive data in. Unfortunately, that security model is a relic of a simpler time.
The walls are crumbling, and any business that doesn’t adapt will find itself completely unable to protect its data.
Most people, when they hear mention of a dedicated server, tend to think in pretty limited scope. They’re for large websites, for databases and application development. People use them for storage, or for project management.
Dedicated servers are pretty powerful pieces of hardware – but to truly get the most out of them, you need the right software. For that reason, one of the most important (and most difficult) choices you’ll need to make after you’ve committed to having one is what operating system it’ll use. There are two choices available to you here: Windows Server, and Linux.
So, you’ve got an excellent security strategy in place. You’ve got threat detection tools, an enterprise mobility management platform, file-focused digital rights management, and basically everything else your organization will need to keep its data safe. Even then, there’s still one thing missing.
So, you’re looking to get your business off the ground where infrastructure is concerned. Maybe you want to setup a website, create a development environment, or host a platform/service. And maybe you’re considering doing so on a dedicated server.
Of course, there are a few things to give you pause. Dedicated servers admittedly tend to be more expensive than the alternative. But you get what you pay for.