Mini ITX Servers

When a company is going to rent a dedicated server, in some cases, its size matters a lot. That’s why many businesses appreciate Mini-ITX - a motherboard form factor initially designed for relatively affordable hardware that don’t need much space. If a firm needs, say, intel Xeon, mini ITX machine requires much less room than a rackmount or a tower one; besides, it can boast of excellent energy efficiency and low heat generation.

Smaller case of a micro ITX server or a mini ITX blade server means:

· saving rack and floor space;
· easier and cheaper cooling;
· lower overall maintenance cost.

Datacenters also benefit from the advantages of this form-factor. HOSTKEY, a well-known provider of services related to hosting, has a good number of such servers in its three Tier III data centers and rents them out. The facilities are physically located in the United States and the Netherlands. This provider offers a range of dedicated solutions, including mini ITX Xeon servers, as well as lots of other configurations.

For example, a mini ITX Atom server will perfectly fit the needs of numerous small businesses.

It will perform well enough, if you want to maintain a couple of websites, provide your employees with corporate email or a messenger, store your company’s files, ensure proper electronic document management, and fulfil lots of tasks typical to an average office. It also will come in handy when you need to collect, process, and store data from GPS navigators or meteorological sensors, and the like.

If your business is a bit more demanding (e.g. you’re going to maintain a high-load database or a pretty popular web resource), and you would prefer a mini server, Xeon will be a good pick. With this option, you can also create a cloud service of your own, ensure access to the files from any place, etc. Besides, thanks to ECC (Error-Correcting Code) memory, Xeons are less prone to data corruption, which make them perfect for tasks that imply dealing with large volumes of valuable info. By the way, if you are not totally sure, say, whether the configuration of a mini ITX virtualization server you’re going to rent fits your requirements, you are welcome to try it for a week first. In fact, you may try any of the dedicated servers to make the best decision. Whatever your choice, you may always be sure in highest quality of any HOSTKEY’s service. What is more, its prices are among the most budget-friendly in the industry.