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Posted by tprevia on April 14, 2014 at 11:45am
Currently have website hosted on cheap web hosting during development, it is as expected slow. Launching new site soon and expect a pickup in traffic.

Got a package at Digital Ocean and told my drupal developer to use it. He responds that we should go with a managed hosting because with cloud we'll have a lot of work to do to set up the server and and maintain it. He also says if we go with a cloud solution we'll have to hire an administrator to handle the server.

I am a bit confused. I understand how a managed account would be easier I never thought that it would be that complicated to host on the Cload, especially since companies like Digital Ocean seem to have a set up assistant (thought I never saw a button for Drupal

Like the idea of being alble to ramp up servers with the Cload but don't like the idea hiring an administrator and having to deal with another person and cost associated with this. I guess another benefit of managed is the email provider solution they often have packaged.

Advice welcome.