One thing that is for certain when you work in a large office like I do is that there is always a possibility that your computers will fail. This happened to us recently and I can tell you it was no picnic. The server that runs our website went down and we couldn’t get it back online. It was a nightmare to deal with and we are still suffering the after effects. My boss decided that we needed to change the way we operated and ordered me to take steps to improve the situation.
My first thought was that we needed a professional to ensure our website stayed up and running. Since we own a server, I thought that colocation may be the answer to our problem. This is a process where the server is sent somewhere else to be maintained. I decided to check out some other options as well. Another option would be to have a dedicated server for our site.
The importance of keeping our site running has led me to making a major decision. After checking out all of our options, I thought that managed hosting may be the answer. Not having to deal with all the headaches of updating and creating backups would free me up to do other things. I plan to run all three options past my boss in the near future. I am sure that we will decide which plan is best for us. I’ll be glad when I know I can count on our computers to run!