There are some very important things to be learned when you are searching for a dedicated server or a managed server in Richmond. So, let’s take a look at the difference between what this really means.

Richmond Collocation vs. Managed Servers:

Collocation is a great way to input your own infrastructure into an area. However, if you look at the cost of ownership and maintenance vs. fully managed servers you will see the difference very clearly. If you are looking to collocate you should always ask yourself – what do I need first? For example, below is a list of what comes standard on any HostICan Dedicated Server:

• Intel P4 3.0GHz Processor (CPU)
• 1024 MB DDR2 Ram (Upgradeable at anytime)
• 1x 80 Western Digital Drive 16MB Cache (upgradeable with RAID, and bigger disk(s))
• cPanel / WHM
• 10MB/sec Port to 12 other providers
• Managed and Monitored 24×7
• 1 Hour Hardware Replacement time
• Linux or Windows Enterprise 2003

The above is just what is offered in a fully managed dedicated server, which will run $199.95/mo.

Or, you can invest in your own server, which you will need to invest around $1,500 minimum for, and then buy all the software that you need and collocate it. Which means you are essentially paying by the time you are finished about 4x for what you can have above for $199.95.

So as you can see from the above it’s far less expensive to do a managed server and scale up as you grow on dedicated servers, then put into place your own network, or infrastructure.

As HostICan is the leader in the managed hosting and shared hosting space, we are always glad to extend discounts on multiple servers for your environment, should you need them. Combined with our 12 ISP network, this offer is hard to match by any provider in Richmond (there have been a few that have tried).

With our monitoring systems watching your servers daily (free of charge service that comes with every dedicated server) we can fully monitor your server and manage your server without you needing to worry. We monitor; http, pop3, smtp, imap, ssh, mysql, ping, dns, and many other commonly used services and ports.

So as you can see the above, in terms of collocation within Richmond, the best thing to get the local Richmond market is a dedicated server. This will provide you with the means to continue building your network with a stable and reliable provider that you can scale at anytime.

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