Hosting & infrastructure
Guides to hosting choices, server management and ongoing care. Clarify responsibility before an incident makes it urgent.
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Choose between VPS and dedicated servers using workload, isolation, resource predictability and recovery needs. Dedicated hardware is not automatically the better or more resilient option.
Explore VPS vs dedicated servers for business workloadsGuideA server management agreement should identify the systems covered, the maintenance work, response coverage and recovery responsibilities. Anything left implicit is likely to become difficult during an incident.
Explore What a server management agreement coversGuideManaged hosting usually combines infrastructure access with a defined operating service. Server management may apply to infrastructure you already own. The agreement matters more than the label.
Explore Managed hosting vs server managementInfrastructure decisions affect availability, recovery and the people who respond when something breaks. A larger machine does not supply a backup plan, application support or a tested restore. Begin with the workload, tolerance for interruption and the internal team’s capacity to operate it. Then compare hosting and management offers by their actual responsibilities, not by familiar package names.
These guides cover resource selection, responsibility boundaries and the contents of a management agreement.
Compare VPS and dedicated options against memory, storage, traffic, expected peaks and the recovery path. Dedicated hardware is not automatically resilient, and virtual hosting is not automatically too small.
Explore Choose resources for the workloadManaged hosting may combine infrastructure and operating work; server management may apply to a server you already own. Compare the named layers, support coverage and account ownership.
Explore Know what management includesA management agreement should name systems, updates, monitoring, response process, backup and restore responsibilities, exclusions and handover. Those details matter more during an incident than a broad service label.
Explore Read the service boundaryWho owns the provider account and can recover access? Which party patches the operating system, database and application? How are changes tested and rolled back? What data is backed up, where is another copy kept and when was a restore last checked? Support hours, escalation routes and realistic recovery objectives should be written down and matched to the architecture.
A project release is a point in time; hosting and maintenance continue afterward. Decide who monitors, approves updates, handles incidents and pays providers. Capacity can be changed as evidence grows, but responsibilities should be clear from day one. If the needed coverage exceeds one server or one support person, make that a conscious business decision with its cost.
Some of the teams we have worked with.
Across talent, fitness, mobility, payments and local commerce.Neither category guarantees the safety of the whole service. Review isolation, provider guarantees, backup and recovery, maintenance and access control in the specific offer. A single dedicated machine can still be a single point of failure.
Identify the systems and data, backup frequency and location, access to recovery credentials, the restore sequence and who performs each step. Test that the copies can actually be restored; a backup status message alone is not recovery evidence.
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