Things You'll Need:
- internet
- budget
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Step 1
Disk Space to Find Managed Hosting
One thing you have to consider when finding a managed hosting company is disk space. Disk space is extremely important to managed hosting and you need to choose a managed hosting company that has the disk space requirements you need. To determine your disk space needs for managed hosting, click on the properties of all the folders that are associated with your website and add up the disk space. Then add some extra just in case you decide to add more to your site later. This is the first step to finding managed hosting. -
Step 2
Traffic to Find Managed Hosting
The next consideration when finding managed hosting is thinking about traffic to your site. Of you website is already hosted you can use that service to find out traffic volume in kilobytes to find a new managed hosting company. Webalizer or AWStats both will find this further. It is important to have this number when trying to find managed hosting so that your traffic needs are met by your managed hosting company. -
Step 3
Rules of Thumb
When looking for a managed hosting company, about 90% of websites work with 1,000 MB of space for both disk space and traffic considerations. You can always upgrade to higher disk space with your managed hosting company if this doesn't work, but generally look for a managed hosting company that provides this. -
Step 4
Determine Budget to Choose Managed Hosting
Before you embark on searching and finding a managed hosting company, you need to determine how much you would like to spend on managed hosting. Managed hosting can cost as little as $5-10 and as much as $1000's, depending on the type of service and bandwidth you need. The higher the cost of the managed hosting company, generally the higher the level of disk space and customer service. However, this is a very competitive industry so look at multiple providers by browsing their websites to look for specials. -
Step 5
Choose A Managed Hosting Company
The last step is to choose your managed hosting company. Make sure it has all the requirements you need to host your site and is at the right price and level of service. Look for a managed hosting company that is well known and has been in existence for a while so you don't have to worry about them shutting down and your site disappearing.
