Fully Hosted Service

Local Server

New servers added frequently at no additional charge

Performance degrades with time; pay for upgrades

Full monitoring and managed by Certified Engineers

Runs until problem or failure; pay for maintenance

Racks of servers with up to 12 or more dual-core or quad-core processors

Single server, rarely more than 2 processors

Backup to multiple systems and/or separate data centers

Single, unmanaged backup

Battery UPS with diesel power generator backup

Limited battery backup power

Low, predictable monthly fee

Lump capital expenditures and unpredictable costs

TeraBytes of high performance SAS & Fiber Channel storage

GigaBytes of standard SATA or SCSI storage

Easily accessible via the Internet & highly secure

Limited remote access with added cost and security issues

Flexible- add or remove users & resources and cost adjusts

Guesstimate what is needed and hope for the best