{"id":29557,"date":"2025-05-12T15:13:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.evok.com\/what-should-you-look-for-in-a-dedicated-server-provider\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T15:13:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:13:44","slug":"what-should-you-look-for-in-a-dedicated-server-provider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evok.com\/en\/what-should-you-look-for-in-a-dedicated-server-provider\/","title":{"rendered":"What should you look for in a dedicated server provider?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As a website grows in popularity and the number of visitors increases, the resources available on a shared server can become limited. This can affect performance and user experience on your site in an era where user experience is becoming a crucial, if not defining, element. At this point, it becomes imperative to switch to <strong>a dedicated server<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n<p>With a dedicated server, you don't have to worry about your website's speed or potential downtime. However, choosing a <strong>dedicated server<\/strong> can be one of the most difficult decisions for a <strong>small business<\/strong>. Whatever your reasons for opting for <strong>dedicated server<\/strong> hosting, there are a few things you should look for in a provider.  <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h1>Table of contents :<\/h1><ul><li><a href=\"#h-qu-est-ce-qu-un-serveur-dedie\" data-level=\"1\">What is a dedicated server?  <\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-qu-est-ce-que-je-dois-chercher-chez-un-fournisseur-de-serveur-dedie\" data-level=\"1\">What should I look for in a dedicated server provider?<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#h-1-la-securite\" data-level=\"2\">1. The safety<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-2-l-assistance-technique\" data-level=\"2\">2. Technical assistance<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-3-materiaux-a-la-pointe-de-la-technologie\" data-level=\"2\">3. State-of-the-art materials  <\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-qu-est-ce-qu-un-serveur-dedie\">What is a dedicated server?  <\/h1>\n\n<p><strong>Dedicated server<\/strong> hosting essentially means that your website has its own server. It offers immense power and flexibility, but usually comes at a price. So it's important to do your research before opting for this type of plan.  <\/p>\n\n<p>For example, most websites start with a shared hosting plan, but quickly outgrow this cheap shared plan. You can then opt to upgrade to a <a href=\"https:\/\/evok.com\/fr\/serveur-dedie-virtuel-suisse\/\">virtual private server (VPS).<\/a> <\/p>\n\n<p>In general, a <strong>dedicated server<\/strong> can be used to host applications and\/or services, as well as for data storage and backup services. You can also use an in-house <strong>dedicated server<\/strong> to host and provision specialized services, such as file servers or dedicated networks. <\/p>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-qu-est-ce-que-je-dois-chercher-chez-un-fournisseur-de-serveur-dedie\"><strong>What should I look for in a dedicated server provider?<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n<p>Are you planning to invest in a <strong>dedicated server <\/strong>in Switzerland in the near future? We advise you to consider these points before opting for a particular <strong>dedicated server<\/strong> provider. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-la-securite\">1. The safety<\/h2>\n\n<p>In today's modern business world, security is and must be a key concern for companies in Switzerland. Indeed, when choosing a <strong>dedicated server provider<\/strong>, you should consider working only with suppliers who place a high priority on security. By choosing EVOK, you're opting for a provider who makes security a top priority. EVOK operates its services in Switzerland, with 3 datacenters 70 km apart, in a totally secure environment, enabling EVOK to provide full guarantees when hosting mission-critical applications on dedicated servers.     <\/p>\n\n<p>Your provider must also guarantee that it has the appropriate firewalls, intrusion management, malware and virus prevention measures in place at all times. These hosting providers must also have reliable spam filtering techniques to guarantee data security. Once again, EVOK protects you from all this with its business-class firewall clusters.    <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-l-assistance-technique\">2. Technical assistance<\/h2>\n\n<p>Before choosing a <strong>dedicated server<\/strong> provider for your business, make sure they can offer technical support. A reliable dedicated server hosting provider should have a team available by phone and e-mail. This prevents your operations from coming to a sudden halt in the event of technical problems.  <\/p>\n\n<p>With EVOK, monitoring and maintenance of the entire network security infrastructure, datacenter and Hypervisior are included in the service. Depending on the version, maintenance and operation of the operating system as well as patch management and support for applications and services are also included. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-materiaux-a-la-pointe-de-la-technologie\">3. <strong>State-of-the-art materials <\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n<p>When choosing a <strong>dedicated server<\/strong> supplier, it's a good idea to consider all the potential technological dynamics ahead. Your supplier should also have a wide variety of new hardware choices to meet your needs. In addition, make sure they have the hardware capacity to handle all your future growth objectives.    <\/p>\n\n<p>EVOK currently uses state-of-the-art processes in both storage and processors (VCPU). In fact, EVOK uses the fastest technology on the market, with a mix of SSD and Flash FMD (HybridFlash) disks. What's more, we base your virtual server on VMware ESX, using the latest generation of DELL Blade servers.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever your reasons for opting for dedicated server hosting, there are a few things you should look for in a provider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,107],"tags":[117],"class_list":["post-29557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-en","category-hosting","tag-dedicated-server"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dedicated server supplier: how to choose?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When you opt for dedicated server hosting, there are a few 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