Considerations for Enterprise Web Server procurement (1)

Today, with the advancement of internet technology, websites have gradually become a symbol of corporate image. As the price of servers decreases, the proxy servers that were once popular also show signs that they will be yellow tomorrow. Building your own Web server is now very common in small and medium-sized enterprises. It not only provides a stable network application environment for enterprise websites, but also enables enterprise administrators to manage their websites faster and better, in addition, it can save long-term agency fees for the company and make the website data ultimately belong to the company.

With the prevalence of Web servers in small and medium-sized enterprises, server procurement has quickly become a top priority for purchasers. In the face of servers of different models and performance, it is difficult for purchasers to choose from, the purchased servers often encounter various problems in the application process. In fact, whether it is an ordinary purchaser or an IT manager, the server will feel a little helpless, and the popularity of the server is far less than that of the ordinary PC, few people are particularly clear about the application of each server.

Procurement personnel usually seek advice from suppliers during procurement. At this time, suppliers can take advantage of the opportunity to deliberately exaggerate product performance and increase the price during the sales process, so that enterprises can spend a lot of money in vain, in addition, sometimes the purchased servers may experience frequent failures after a period of time, making the enterprise's business unable to run normally. The editor will talk to you about some precautions for Web Server procurement, hoping to help you reduce the cost of your purchase.

This article only gives some comments on purchasing Web servers for small and medium-sized enterprises. It is basically based on the suggestions provided by small and medium-sized enterprises websites and does not include large portal websites. Those websites need to be designed in a relatively responsible manner, therefore, the opinions here are based on the Web servers of small and medium-sized enterprises. Note the following:

1. Server style selection

 
Tower server

Servers are not similar to daily-consuming products. If you are not satisfied, you can use them to change the brand. When purchasing servers, you will use a long period of events. During this period, you will perform a hardware upgrade on the configuration, hardware is rarely replaced collectively. Therefore, before the procurement process, the procurement personnel must consider the current situation of the enterprise, the needs of the enterprise, and the future of the enterprise ~ For five years or longer, purchase servers based on the website level.

Nowadays, most common servers are tower servers, rack servers, and blade servers, while Web servers are usually the first two, however, the price is cheaper than that of rack-mounted servers, and the design is the same as that of common PC chassis. Some manufacturers do not even need to have dedicated equipment rooms, so they can leave them in the office. With the development of IT technology, nowadays, tower servers have lower noise, better heat dissipation, and good processing performance. Therefore, many small and medium enterprises choose tower servers as Web servers. Due to its standard design, great scalability, powerful processing performance and stability, rack-mounted servers are chosen by enterprises. They are placed in standard server cabinets for convenience and beauty.