Your business is developing at a steady gain and now you need dedicated server to maintain the huge traffic – congratulations! It should be said that this is really serious step requiring no less serious financial resources.
But you should know that there is a wide range of common mistakes made in the first move to dedicated server. So, let’s talk about these mistakes, so that you can avoid them once and for all.
Backups
As many people don’t realize that they are responsible for the server and everything that is going on with this machine, including its data security, they don’t care about backups. Backups are extremely important, anyway. If you had shared server, your data was kept by the hosting company or maybe you had good control panel allowing you to set backups. Depending on the hosting plan, it can include or not include backups, but you should only choose only back up plan for your dedicated server.
Security
As, you have the entire server at your disposal and don’t share it with nobody else, it is already secure in itself. Sure, you are responsible for the server, but the bulk of security issues are offloaded to the provider which manages the server. So, you shouldn’t worry about changes in security protocols which happen almost every day.
Virus Scan
Virus scan is very important point of dedicated hosting service. It can be put in the same category with other security issues. So, when you move to dedicated server, you will need to choose how to handle scanning for viruses on your server. Be attentive when choosing the software and the key approach for the virus prevention.
Troubleshooting
This depends on what kind of hosting plan you have – managed or unmanaged.
If you have managed hosting plan, all errors in operation systems and other problems with running the server will be solved by professional technical support.
But if you have unmanaged dedicated hosting plan, you will be responsible yourself.
Sure, if you purchase unmanaged dedicated server, it implies that you are knowledgeable in the server’s work or you have the team of IT professionals.
Unnecessary Resources
Even taking into account that your site visitors can increase exponentially, you may not need such amount of resources offered by the provider. So, in order not to overpay, decide what your hardware requirements are before settling in on a dedicated hosting plan.