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The importance of using real server hardware
We’re often asked as to whether our servers are real servers? Yeah it may seem like a strange and cheesy question which tends to pop up quite often often but its one which raises some valid points.
Whilst working in our data center with a client who recently signed up with us he mentioned that he’d recently moved away from two of our largest competitors after purchasing “servers” from them, only to find that what they had labeled as a server was in fact cheap and nasty desktop hardware.
Its no secret that many shared web hosting providers in South Africa may choose to provide and utilize inexpensive hardware for their clients in an attempt to keep their costs of ownership down, how ever decisions like these can be costly on the long run.
Whilst it may make “business sense” to purchase inexpensive desktop hardware to start off with, one has to consider the long term cost of ownership with these decisions and the impact it brings later on. A prime example with such decisions is up time and, in our books, there are no negotiations or “if’s and butt’s” when it comes to up time!
Still not convinced that hardware makes a difference? Take a look at some of our competitors notifications pages and compare these to ours….
In fact we’re so confident that we’ll send you a copy of our SLA reports to prove that we mean business and when it comes to hosting there are shortcuts.
