Today, with the rapid development of the Internet, a variety of cloud servers have emerged. At present, cloud servers have become the preferred equipment for servers of small and medium-sized enterprises. By migrating business to ECS, enterprise users can effectively reduce costs, simplify work processes, and reduce the demand for IT hardware, which is just a big pain point for users.
For small enterprises, the biggest advantage is that they can concentrate on core business activities, so that ECS can deal with worrying IT issues such as maintenance, backup, availability and data security.
Therefore, for small and medium-sized enterprises that use ECS for the first time, what aspects should they make a judgment on the choice of ECS?
The first point requires us to clarify our demand for servers. Simply put, "What do I buy this server for?" For example, I want to build a website! Then, you need to know specific information about the website:
1. Is the website static or dynamic? What programs the website uses, what requirements the running environment has, and whether a specific environment needs to be configured will affect the selection of operating system and storage mode;
2. It also depends on the average daily visits and the average number of people who are online at the same time, which will affect the choice of CPU, memory, bandwidth, etc;
3. How much data the website currently has and whether it will grow rapidly in the future will affect the choice of hard disk. Whether the site is for national or local users will affect the choice of computer room lines;
4. After determining the website status, you can estimate the selection results by combining various configuration parameters of the ECS. Then we should be optimistic about the strength of cloud service providers. If the strength is not strong enough, then the quality will certainly not be guaranteed.
The second point is that SMEs should fully understand the strength of service providers and the distribution of data centers before choosing ECS, which is also a very important judgment factor.
In terms of service capability. First, you should have relevant operating experience, generally more than 8 years. After all, this requires solid technical accumulation. The second is the R&D capability. Only when the corresponding R&D capability is reached, can we ensure its continuous updating and more reliable technology. Finally, qualification documents have been formed. Only relevant qualification documents can prove that the relevant strength of enterprises can reach the standard. Of course, it mainly depends on whether users can use it more confidently after they see our strength.
You should know which data center your data will be stored in, and provide advice to ECS about how to prevent natural disasters such as storms, floods, fires, earthquakes, etc.
The third point is to understand the security of ECS. After all, it is a place to store your own key data
Online security and safety is the key to the storage of enterprise basic data in the cloud. Cloud solution providers should have at least some standard security measures that need to be updated frequently to prevent daily attacks such as hacker attacks. Look for security measures such as anti-virus detection, firewall, daily security audit, data encryption, multi-user authentication, etc;
The fourth point is to understand the downtime history of the server, which is an important factor in judging stability.
We must know that even the largest and most trusted cloud provider will encounter interruptions from time to time. Because ECS service interruption may be costly to enterprises and will cause great damage, it is better to choose suppliers that do not shut down as much as possible, and clearly understand what measures the ECS supplier has taken to ensure online rate.
Fifth, server flexibility
It is necessary for ECS to support elastic resource expansion, because it can adjust services according to customers' expanding business needs. In addition, you also need to understand the maximum capacity cost of additional expansion resources. Generally, it should be cheaper to expand resources on your original basis.
The sixth point is the charging method and price standard that all of us care about. After all, it is linked to our own money
Many ECS providers support monthly subscription and pay per view. You can choose according to your needs, but you should avoid a lot of upfront expenses. What you need to know is not only the basic rent of ECS, but also other additional technical support services. According to your personal needs, the prices of different ECS providers may vary greatly.
The last point is the after-sales service provided by ECS service providers, which is very important.
Reliable cloud server providers should support 7 * 24 technical services, including vacations. You also need to know its service response time and problem solving efficiency. This is to consider its future use. If the after-sales service is not good, it will be very troublesome once problems occur.
After reading this article, Micronet believes that you have a deeper understanding of what to consider when using ECS for the first time. As for the specific aspects to judge, I believe that you will have a certain number in mind. If you want to know more about it, please follow the ECS knowledge channel of Micronet News Center or contact us, Micronet will serve you wholeheartedly.
