Unmanaged or Managed Dedicated Server Hosting?

Dedicated server is the most powerful hosting server and expensive as well, that's why people obtain them on lease instead of buying it. It is highly recommended for business websites because of its efficient performance and reliability. In dedicated server hosting you don't have to share your server resources with anyone that ensures greater security and privacy. Dedicated server hosting is available in two types of which most of the people are unaware. The two types of dedicated server hosting are:

Managed Dedicated Server Hosting:

In managed dedicated server hosting each and everything thing is managed by your host. You can select an OS of your own choice and your host will install it and keep it updated as well. Beside this they configure your security settings properly, install various application software required by you. Your host will perform regular back-up to secure your data and you can recover it in case of any problem. So all you have to do is to concentrate on your website management rest you don't have to worry about because your host will take care of it.

A managed dedicated server hosting is bit expensive then unmanaged dedicated server hosting because you have to pay for all the services.

Unmanaged Dedicated Server Hosting

In unmanaged dedicated server hosting you can have basic OS installation, basic security settings and rest you have to manage by yourself. You have to install required applications by yourself and have to configure your security settings properly and define your firewall settings to prevent your server from external threats. It is less costly then managed dedicated server hosting because you are not getting additional hosting services.

So if you don't have knowledge about servers, you need to obtain managed dedicated server hosting because a minor mistake can cause major damage. But if you have knowledge about servers go for unmanaged dedicated server hosting to save money.