The Facts About Hosted Virtual Dedicated Servers

Server prices may be dropping, but the purchase price is just a small part of the total cost of ownership (TCO).

Server budgets expand rapidly once you factor in the cost of maintenance, as well as cabling, cards, rack space, adapters, switches, operating systems and other software licensing costs. Additionally, each new deployed server decreases server room cooling efficiency, which runs the electricity bill up another notch. (more…)