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SHOULD I PURCHASE A SERVER? – MAINTAINING A SERVER IS LIKE OWNING A POOL

October 27, 2015 by Jon Klubnik
Category: General

Purchasing and maintaining your own server is akin to owning and cleaning your own pool. Imagine you just bought a new house with a beautiful sparkling pool at the beginning of summer.  The weather is perfect, it’s fun learning about how to maintain the proper chemicals, and it just takes a little time each week.  After a few weeks, algae starts to show up, and you look into what is causing the problem and buy some special product to nip it in the bud.  It looks better for a while, but your algae keeps creeping back up.  The weather gets hotter and a little more uncomfortable, and you neglect to do your regular chemical adjustment.  Before you know it, the algae is out of control, and you have to bring in a professional to clean everything out.

You realize that since the newness has worn off, taking care of the pool isn’t really fun; it’s just another chore, and you would rather not work on your weekend off, especially after you realize you don’t really know what you are doing. When you look at all of the expenses of purchasing cleaning tools, and all of the chemicals, plus emergency service, you aren’t really saving money. Not to mention, you’re not getting paid for this added labor and headache.  There are some people who maintain lovely pools by themselves, but they really know what they are doing, and they truly are engaged and enjoy working on their system.

The same thing goes for maintaining your own server; if you are not already computer savvy and have daydreams about owning your own server, this is not a safe bet for you.  Servers require regular maintenance, updates, and backups, which, if not done regularly, can lead to serious problems that cost an arm and a leg to get fixed in the long run.  There are also quite a few hidden fees, not just the price of the server.  Small to medium-sized companies with their own servers are the easiest to switch over to hosting, because they understand the hassle of a server, and hosting is actually cheap compared to what they have been paying.

Make the safe bet with virtually no startup costs and try out hosting today.  You can always cancel your service and get your money back if you are dissatisfied for any reason.

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