Other than having more resources, a very good reason why you can get your own web server and use it instead of a shared hosting plan is the fact that you are able to install and run a wide selection of software. With a shared account, you'll be able to use apps, which do not need root access and are not set up server-side, so when you need certain software for your Internet sites, you can't do the installation on a shared hosting server. This isn't so with a server of your own where you could install whatever you need. The downside is that you may not have much experience and managing your own machine is more challenging that managing a shared hosting account where the service provider handles most things. This is why we offer an additional service for our server plans called Installation & Troubleshooting and you can make use of it any time you face any problems with the supervision of your machine.
Installation and Troubleshooting in VPS Servers
The upgrade includes one hour of custom work on your hosting server, so if you get any of our VPS servers packages, you could take advantage of this service and have our admins do a variety of tasks that you are unable to carry out yourself or you just have no time. They are able to install and set up any piece of third-party software for you if the installation is difficult or they can troubleshoot any program that doesn't work efficiently for some reason. You can add the upgrade to your package as frequently as you wish depending on the time needed for a given task and its complexity. Any remaining time shall remain available in your account for the future and you shall be able to see how many minutes are left inside your billing Control Panel. Our Managed Services upgrade provides thirty minutes of custom work on your hosting server as well, but just in case you need more than that, you could always add the Installation & Troubleshooting upgrade with a couple of clicks from the billing area.
Installation and Troubleshooting in Dedicated Servers
In the event that you require our upgrade for any reason, you could add it to your dedicated server with a couple of clicks through the billing Control Panel or if you need some custom work on the hosting server the moment it's put in place, you can obtain the upgrade during the signup procedure and tell us exactly what you need to be done, so everything shall be ready once your hosting server is up and running. 60 minutes of custom work are included to your account every time you obtain the upgrade, so you can use this service as many times as you require. If some task requires less time to be performed, you won't lose the remaining minutes and they will be available for future tasks. Our upgrade will let you focus on developing and advertising your websites without spending time on maintaining the dedicated web server or the software installed on it. You can take full advantage of it if you also use our Managed Services upgrade, but the 30 minutes it includes aren't sufficient to carry out all of tasks which you require.