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What’s the difference between a managed dedicated server<\/a> and a leased server?\u00a0 The short answer: A lot.\u00a0 It\u2019s like the difference between leasing a ship and taking a cruise. The difference isn\u2019t just between a raw component and a complete service, it also impacts the total cost of total cost of ownership (TCO).<\/p>\n

The e-Tips article gives 7 tips <\/a>for how you can cut costs by leveraging a dedicated server solution <\/a>over leasing a server. The 7 tips discuss set up costs, physical security, quality of the Internet connection, Internet security, back up costs, power and monitoring.<\/p>\n

A good way to net out the difference between a leased server and a dedicated server is shown in the following table:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Summary<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nLeasing Server<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nOnline Tech
\nDedicated Server<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cost of Server<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n$ 2,000<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n$ 0<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 year Operating Expenses<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n$ 12,100
\n(does not include engineer time)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n		$ 6,000<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Support Engineer (patches, maintenance etc.)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n$ 3,600
\n(3 hours \/ month $100\/hr) <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n		$ 0<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total 1 year expense<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n$ 17,700<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n$ 6,000 (average $500\/month for mid-level fully managed server)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total 3 year expense<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n$ 36,900<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n$ 18,000<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dedicated servers come at a premium over a raw leased server, but when you add up all the costs involved, the total cost of ownership can be a lot less with a dedicated server.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What’s the difference between a managed dedicated server and a leased server?\u00a0 The short answer: A lot.\u00a0 It\u2019s like the difference between leasing a ship and taking a cruise. The difference isn\u2019t just between a raw component and a complete service, it also impacts the total cost of total cost of ownership (TCO). The e-Tips article gives 7 tips for how you can cut costs by leveraging a dedicated server solution over leasing a server. The 7 tips discuss set up costs, physical security, quality of the Internet connection, Internet security, back up costs, power and monitoring. A good way to net out the difference between a leased server and a dedicated server is shown in the following table: Summary Leasing Server Online Tech Dedicated Server Cost of Server $ 2,000 $ 0 1 year Operating Expenses $ 12,100 (does not include engineer time) $ 6,000 Support Engineer (patches, maintenance etc.) $ 3,600 (3 hours \/ month $100\/hr) $ 0 Total 1 year expense $ 17,700 $ 6,000 (average $500\/month for mid-level fully managed server) Total 3 year expense $ 36,900 $ 18,000 \u00a0 Summary Dedicated servers come at a premium over a raw leased server, but when you add…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"other_category":[],"class_list":["post-1288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat is the Difference Between a Leased Server and a Dedicated Server? 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