5 Hosting providers that re-define “Managed”

“Managed hosting” is a term that most everyone in the web hosting industry understands, despite the fact that it is a bit vague.  We know that it means that you have a server, it’s hosted at the web host, and you have access to it but the majority of the maintenance is done by the host themselves.  However, there is an important question to ask yourself in consideration of this server, and that is this: what maintenance does this include?

There are certain items that will always come with it: rebooting stuck servers, load monitoring, and just about anything that relates to making sure that your server maintains a bare minimum standard of operation are just about always in there.  If nothing else, your host will need to do most of these things to make sure you don’t have a greater impact on their network.

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