What services are managed with a managed server?
Managed servers include full server management. Experts monitor and maintain your server environment, security back up, software updates, and day to day maintenance, 24 hours a day, allowing you to concentrate on what you do best - running your business.
Why is it important for servers to be managed?
Building, installing and operating a dedicated server is very complex, advanced technical and administrative resources are essential. Therefore managed servers are more suitable for companies who don't have the technical skills and resources to to carry out these services themselves.
There are many benefits to utilising a managed server, including the ability to host multiple sites on one machine. Managed server solutions are provided on a world-class network, and include 24x7 monitoring of the server and network availability, plus the finest in real dedicated support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 365 days a year.
The following is a list of tasks server administrators perform to prepare and maintain your managed server and ensure it is secure and constantly operating at an optimum level.
- Server administration, each day so you don't have to.
- Server backup and recovery using Verities Exec Backup, the fastest disk based recovery on the market.
- Server firewall protection, ensuring your network remains locked at all times, 24/7.
- Server monitoring, constantly observing connectivity to prevent problems occurring.
- Server maintenance, implementing patch updates to maximise the security of the Network.
- Server clustering, the perfect antidote to prevent server failure.
- DNS hosting, giving you the autonomy to manage your DNS with SafeDNS.
