By utilizing managed hosting servers, customers will have the resources to manage a big website without worrying about managing an IT staff. Also, the arrangement will ensure that customers do not have to buy and maintain their own equipment. Scalability is easy because the only thing customers have to do to increase capacity is to upgrade to a new monthly package. The type of package that customers will choose is based on their needed data transfer allowance and their hard disk storage requirements.

Customers who use managed dedicated server hosting will rent servers from their providers. This equipment will provide as much data transfer allowance and storage capacity as the customer requires for daily operations. Customers will not be able to physically access their server, but they will be able to access the server remotely.

Dedicated equipment provides a number of advantages. For most customers, the resources and knowledge base needed to buy and maintain equipment are simply unavailable. Also, some customers need significant resources for their website or personalized solutions that are beyond their capability. By renting an individual server and working with a management company, participants will receive the tech support that they need as well as the server resources that are essential to their operations.

With dedicated servers, participants have no restrictions. Because they won't have to share server capacity, individuals and companies may install any operating system they want, and may install as many mailboxes or applications as they see fit. Also, customer websites are not placed in danger by other websites. In shared arrangements, if one site on the server crashes, it could bring the entire server down with it.

Choosing not to share equipment means better security. Crucial data of a personal or proprietary nature may be visible to system administrators or other clients in a VPS or shared server situation. However, on an individual server, only the company and the entity managing the server have any visibility on participant data. For utmost data safety, participants need to check their management company's reputation for safety and review the security safeguards that the company has put into place.

Customers who use remote management will have tech support around the clock. Downtime and latency issues will be immediately addressed, and updates will remain current, when an experienced webmaster monitors the server regularly. Customers may decide to use partially managed service or fully managed service, depending on their resources and desire to do administrative work.

Small and medium-sized businesses especially benefit from these arrangements. With a fully managed server, businesses can operate a high-capacity website without the cost of hiring IT staff. The outsourcing of the IT department, which is what businesses essentially do in these arrangements, saves both precious resources and time.

Rental of an individual server usually includes equipment and one or more IP addresses. Some of these servers also come with multiple software packages, including email, web server, database server, and management software. Regarding management, customers will want to review the specifics of their monthly plan, to choose the level of management that they need based on their in-house resources. After setting up their initial plan, customers can sit back and enjoy the freedom of working with managed dedicated servers.