Windows Server Virtual Servers VMs:
- Most common server option now.
- Lower cost entry point when you have fewer users and fewer resource needs
- Very flexible because cpu/ram/disk space can be added in minutes – so start smaller/less expensive and expand as needed
- Able to bundle Riptide’s Microsoft Licensing via SPLA on both VMs or Dedicated for Windows, RDS, Office & SQL
- Limitation on our VMs: Cannot use your own MS licensing, free SQL Express is ok. Can only use Office & SQL Standard licensing through Riptide.
- Full image backup included where we can restore a full VM in minutes
- Includes 1 Public/Static IP address
- Cannot use your own hardware firewall/vpn device (which you can colocate with a dedicated server)
- Generally limited to 500 GB disk space is which plenty for most but not all clients
Windows Dedicated Hardware Servers:
- Great for handling much higher levels of users, cpu, ram and disk space
- Comes with much higher amounts of CPU, disk space and RAM
- Includes 3 Public/Static IP addresses
- Dedicated server is the only option to use your own Microsoft licensing for SQL Server Standard or Office due to Microsoft Licensing Terms
- Not as flexible because we have to swap out hardware pieces to increase ram, cpu, disk space
- More expensive entry-point
- Able to use Riptide’s Microsoft Licensing via SPLA on both VMs or Dedicated for Windows, RDS, Office & SQL
- If applicable, having a dedicated server is the only option for a client to co-locate a hardware firewall/VPN device in front of the server
- You are responsible for your own backup process (we don’t have a backup offering for dedicated hardware servers)
- Dell Idrac Enterprise offering out-of-band console access