When a company is just starting out, its IT infrastructure is usually formed gradually and without any single plan. The website is hosted by a single provider, CRM works in the cloud, employee files are stored in several services at once, telephony is connected separately, and accounting uses its own platform.
For a while, this scheme is quite acceptable to everyone.
Problems appear later. There are more services, costs are rising, and management is becoming more complicated. At some point, a logical question arises: is it necessary to use a dozen different platforms, or can most of the tasks be transferred to one server?
In many cases, the answer will be yes.
A modern dedicated server is capable of simultaneously servicing the company's website, CRM, file storage, telephony, internal services, and even artificial intelligence-based tools. For small businesses, this is often more than enough.
Of course, there are limitations. Not every infrastructure is suitable for consolidating all services in one place. But for many companies, the idea of a single server is much more practical than it seems at first glance.
Why is a business starting to look towards its own server
Cloud services are great for getting started. You don't need to buy equipment, configure it, or think about backups. Most tasks can be completed in a few hours.
Then the company's growth begins. Each new service adds another subscription. Another management interface. Another backup system. Another administrator account that you don't want to lose.
An interesting situation is gradually emerging. The total cost of CRM, file storage, corporate tools, and additional services is starting to approach the cost of renting a full-fledged server.
There is another point.
The customer base is in one service, the documents are in another, and the internal correspondence is in the third. The more vendors involved in a company's work, the more difficult it is to control data and security.
Therefore, many organizations eventually begin to consider their own server as the basis of their digital infrastructure.
Which services can be combined on one server
Modern server hardware has a large margin of performance.
For a small company, a single server is often capable of serving several completely different systems at once without noticeable performance problems.
Usually they are hosted on the same server:
- corporate website;
- online store;
- CRM system;
- IP telephony;
- file storage;
- internal
