You have three options when setting up your business server. You can either:

  1. Rent the server for one fixed monthly price from a service provider
  2. Purchase a server from a company like Dell and store it in your office, or
  3. Colocating a server with a hosting provider is the act of purchasing a server and hosting it in a data center space it is colocation.

Each approach has advantages and disadvantages, so we’ll explore each so you know which route may make more sense for your business.

Please Note: Hadne company is focused on digital marketing with providing servers solution, which includes dedicated server rental, server installation and server colocation. While we clearly think renting or colocating a server is the best choice, we are trying to present all the facts to you in an unbiased way so you can make the right choice for your business.

Renting A Server

Advantages

  • One fixed monthly price which includes hardware, cooling, power, security, and 24×7 support.
  • Access to the latest hardware with the option to migrate to a new server at any time as hardware improves
  • 24×7 onsite support to assist you with any server related issues
  • No hardware replacement costs. We will quickly replace any failed hardware components.
  • Redundant power, networking, and security that would not be feasible in an office environment
  • Reduced hardware costs

Disadvantages

  • No physical access to the server neither to stored data, if your business were to close down, you would need to copy the data from the server to local storage
  • Purchasing hardware may be cheaper for businesses that want to stay on the same hardware for years

Purchasing A Server

Advantages

  • One large, up-front payment to worry about and the hardware can be used until it is obsolete
  • Physical full access to the server hard drives to store the information offline, expand and execute to new networks and service application meeting your actual needs and becoming a dedicated virtual personal server hosting, (vps hosting).

Disadvantages

  • Additional expenses for power, cooling, and networking
  • No redundancy typically available for power and networking
  • No security or fire suppression in place to protect server data
  • Hardware repair and replacement costs
  • Server hardware
 A server is a specialized computer or software system designed to provide services, data, or resources to other computers, known as clients, over a network.(client-servers network).

Colocating A Server

Advantages

  • Not full access to server is securely stored and monitored 24×7
  • Redundant network, power, and cooling
  • Precisely climate controlled with fire suppression, installs a hypervisor a virtual layer on top of the operating system (OS) of the physical server that divides it into virtual compartments. This layer enables each of these compartments to run its own OS and software, allowing each environment to function independently from one another.
  • 24×7 remote hands

Disadvantages

  • Up-front hardware cost
  • Responsible for hardware replacement in the event of hardware failure maybe caused by the other user’s needs.

Small Business Server Pricing Considerations

Now that you are familiar with the three options for setting up a small business server, we will explore some example pricing scenarios depending on your needs.

Every business is unique and we always recommend booking a server consultation so we can customize a solution based on your exact needs and budget. The average cost to rent a small business dedicated server is $100 to $300/month. You can also setup a cloud server starting at $100/month to have adequate resources. If you wanted to purchase a server for your office, it cost between $2,000 – $5,000 for a small business. While for a large corporation server it cost $20,000.

The cost of a small business server will depend on how much CPU, bandwidth, disk space, and memory is required. There are other considerations, as well. These include RAID, DDoS protection, and hard drive type used in the cloud server or dedicated server.

We’ve categorized small business servers into three categories based on some typical needs.

Minimal Server Needs

Servers in this category would be perfect for running a small e-commerce or company website, email server, and file storage.

SERVER TYPERENTING A CLOUD SERVERRENTING A DEDICATED SERVEROWNINGCOLOCATION
Server Specs

4 CPU Cores

8GB RAM

160GB Storage

5TB Bandwidth

Intel E3 1240V3

32GB RAM

500GB SSD

Setup in 8 Hours

E3-1240 v5 (3.50 GHz)

32GB RAM

500GB SSD

E3-1240 v5 (3.50 GHz)

32GB RAM

500GB SSD

Up Front Cost$0.00$0.00

Server: $1476

RAM: $147

HDD:  $95

Total: $1718

Server: $1476

RAM: $147

HDD:  $95

Total: $1718

Monthly Cost$40/month$70/monthEstimated $30.24 for power + cooling and internet expenses.$79/month
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Moderate Server Requirements

These servers are ideal for business running a moderately trafficed e-commerce website, more powerful SaaS applications, and server extensive applications like databases.

SERVER TYPERENTINGOWNINGCOLOCATION
Server Specs

Intel Xeon W-2125

32GB RAM

2x 500GB SSD

Setup in 8 Hours

Intel Xeon W-2125

32GB RAM

2x 500GB SSD

Intel Xeon W-2125

32GB RAM

2x 500GB SSD

Up Front Cost$0.00

Server: $1627

RAM: $213

HDD:  $130

Total: $1970 + tax

Server: $1627

RAM: $213

HDD:  $130

Total: $1970 + tax

Monthly Cost$140/monthEstimated $30.24 for power + cooling and internet expenses.$79/month
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Extensive Server Requirements

These servers are ideal for business running highly trafficed e-commerce website,  powerful SaaS applications, and server extensive applications like databases.

SERVER TYPERENTINGOWNINGCOLOCATION
Server Specs

Dual Intel Xeon Silver 4114

64GB RAM

2x 500GB SSD

Dual Intel Xeon Silver 4114

64GB RAM

2x 500GB SSD

Intel Xeon W-2125

32GB RAM

2x 500GB SSD

Up Front Cost$0.00

Server: $3550

RAM: $213

HDD:  $130

Total: $3893 + tax

Server: $3550

RAM: $213

HDD:  $130

Total: $3893 + tax

Monthly Cost$295/month

Estimated $60.24 for power monthly.

Add cooling and internet expenses.

$79/month
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Additional Cost Considerations

The Initial Setup Cost

Another consideration to purchase a new server is the warranty should be 5 years.

As a result, we have  many keys considerations to reach an agreement within your budget during hiring a monthly paid pro network engineer is best for purchasing and hosting a server. Our typical rate for this job would be between $100/hr, based on what needs to be done urgently/regularly. For example, setting up an email host, or a disaster recovery, and advanced backup system are large projects on their own. You must have to get professionals come in and maintain your server and provide troubleshooting tips from time to time.

The key to an affordable and successful server setup is finding the right team to handle the job.

Maintenance Costs

For most business owners, this isn’t a job they will want to tackle alone, expert team get paid $100/hr… If you choose to colocate a server, you can rely on our 24×7 expert support team for help rather than having to hire a pro.

Servers are complicated pieces of software and hardware, and they have to be maintained to continue working properly. The exact costs of the maintenance depend on what is needed.

Your best bet is to work with the professionals who will be able to help you find the right server for your business, that includes all the right features and that fits within your budget.

If you need more information about purchasing any specification server for your business or online marketing for your business, comment to contact our team. We can help ensure your business runs smoothly. Reload this page for new updates.