Application hosting services are increasing in demand as more business come to realize that outsourcing to a qualified managed service provider can greatly enhance the deployment process and reduce costs across the board.\u00a0 To help you find a service that meets the needs and expectations of your organization, we have listed some of the important factors that must be considered for an application hosting solution.<\/p>\n
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Storage Requirements <\/strong><\/p>\n \n Because storage can be a rather costly proposition, it is best to take a just-in-time approach towards your inventory.\u00a0 By answering the questions below, you can draw a more accurate picture that might defer costs until they are absolutely vital:<\/p>\n \n – How much storage do you need now?<\/p>\n – How much storage will you need in the next 3 to 5 years<\/p>\n – How much additional storage will you require each year?<\/p>\n – Will you need to archive data and pull it from the main storage area?\u00a0 If so, how much and when?<\/p>\n \n Applications to be Hosted <\/strong><\/p>\n \n How many applications do you need to host and what type of applications are they?\u00a0 Staging, testing, development and deployment are just some of the environments you may need hosted.\u00a0 In most cases, each environment has different hosting requirements in terms of availability, operational tasks, access and support.\u00a0 Make sure you assess the use and flow of data within and between these applications to precisely determine the requirements for each one.<\/p>\n \n Backup and Restore and Disaster Recovery <\/strong><\/p>\n \n Before deciding on an application hosting provider, it is critical to define what is to be backed up, when and how often.\u00a0 When focusing on this area, it is also a good idea to keep disasters in mind and think of what would happen if something bad occurred and the provider’s data center became completely unusable.\u00a0 This is a place where you need to put a business continuity plan into effect.<\/p>\n \n SLA Monitoring and Reporting<\/strong><\/p>\n \n Key performance indicators come in handy, but only when they detail what is important to your organization.\u00a0 Make sure you know what levels of availability the service level agreement covers as well as the applications that will be monitored.\u00a0 If monitoring reports are available, find out how they are to be structured and provided.<\/p>\n \n Root Access <\/strong><\/p>\n \n System root access usually isn’t given to parties outside of the data center staff.\u00a0 It is also important to know that some application providers will waive their SLAs if they can determine that a non-root access account is the cause of an outage.\u00a0 Because this can have a major impact on your availability, it is vital that you inquire within the provider about their root access policies before signing the contract.<\/p>\n \n The Service Contract <\/strong><\/p>\n \n When it comes to application hosting, contracts define much more than what products or services will be provided and how much they cost.\u00a0 They also explain how organizations are to interact with each other.\u00a0 It is wise that you go over the contract with a fine tooth comb to prevent confusion and enable a framework for dispute resolution and continuous enhancements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Application hosting services are increasing in demand as more business come to realize that outsourcing to a qualified managed service provider can greatly enhance the deployment process and reduce costs…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[812,284,948,816,40,141,815,817],"class_list":["post-390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-stuff","tag-application-hosting","tag-backup","tag-data-storage","tag-disaster-recovery","tag-managed-hosting","tag-outsourcing","tag-restore","tag-sla-monitoring"],"views":146,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}