Cases when VPS is not the best solution

While everything around is leaving in the clouds, you can be quite comfortable with a couple of servers rustling in the next room or your own data center. In addition, we are aware of situations where you can do without a virtual server.

You have high data protection requirements

A virtual server is not suitable for banking and other financial organizations and all those who work with state secrets. Moreover, not a single VPS / VDS can yet provide advanced security and monitoring functions (required when storing and processing confidential information).

By transferring critical data to the cloud, you lose control over it and are likely to break the law. In addition, the Law on Personal Data will be adopted in the near future to regulate the processing and transfer of personal data. Therefore, it will also regulate the physical protection of data and methods for ensuring the security of virtual infrastructure on the equipment of cloud providers.

Is there a way out? This is perhaps the only absolute contraindication, although banks can use a hybrid infrastructure, in which part of the data is stored in the cloud, and part - on their own physical equipment. A virtual server will help them in testing software products and running services before releasing them to production.

You are using outdated hardware and software

Do not remember the last time you bought a new server, and Windows in your company was not updated after the legendary 98th version? Then it’s too early for you to transfer IT infrastructure to the cloud, because this will entail fundamental changes in the company. To take advantage of the cloud, you will have to cross the gulf that separates today's IT from the IT of the early 2000s.

You don't count expenses 

You won’t need a virtual server if you don’t count the money spent on maintaining the IT department. Of course, in practice this is unlikely:

- na budget is always planned for the purchase and repair of equipment;

- Software Update;

- maintenance staff of computer engineers;

- advanced training and other tasks;

- IT related.

For small and medium-sized businesses, owning a pair of servers and storage can turn into a heavy financial burden. And with VPS you do without capital costs and rent computing power, limiting yourself to small monthly payments.

But is it possible not to consider money in business? This rarely happens. Many companies strive to keep within a small budget when it comes to the IT department. We just focused your attention on the fact that there are more opportunities for saving than it seems at first glance.