Opinion
26 May 2020
IOFlood Policies – Overdue Billing
![IOFlood Policies - Overdue Billing 1 man at laptop with credit card](https://ioflood.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/rupixen-com-Q59HmzK38eQ-unsplash-200x200.jpg)
A top of mind concern in the IT industry is preventing data loss. Typically, technical solutions are considered, but this overlooks more mundane causes of data loss that arguably crop up more frequently, such as human error, billing errors, and similar issues. As a company that cares about the preservation of customer data, we give
18 May 2020
Server Pricing Report – May 2020
![Server Pricing Report - May 2020 2 old ram and cpus](https://ioflood.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/background-card-chip-825262-200x200.jpg)
Welcome to the Fifth installment of our monthly server price reporting for 2020. If you were following along, last year we’ve been tracking changing parts prices for RAM, SSDs, Hard Drives, CPUs, and a couple of GPUs. Typically this is done monthly, and then shared on our blog. Currently, all listed prices are from eBay,
28 Apr 2020
Server Pricing Report – April 2020
![Server Pricing Report - April 2020 3 Hard Drives](https://ioflood.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/9961198294_23083aca0b_ide-hard-drive-200x200.jpg)
Welcome to the Fourth installment of our monthly server price reporting for 2020. If you were following along, last year we’ve been tracking changing parts prices for RAM, SSDs, Hard Drives, CPUs, and a couple of GPUs. Typically this is done monthly, and then shared on our blog. Currently, all listed prices are from eBay,
26 Mar 2020
Server Pricing Report – March 2020
![Server Pricing Report - March 2020 4 motherboard cpu socket closeup](https://ioflood.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cpuslot-200x200.jpeg)
Welcome to the Third installment of our monthly server price reporting for 2020. If you were following along, last year we’ve been tracking changing parts prices for RAM, SSDs, Hard Drives, CPUs, and a couple of GPUs. Typically this is done monthly, and then shared on our blog. Currently, all listed prices are from eBay,
13 Feb 2020
Server Pricing Report – February 2020
![Server Pricing Report - February 2020 5 motherboard and ram closeup](https://ioflood.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/partsphoto1-200x200.jpeg)
Welcome to the Second installment of our monthly server price reporting for 2020. If you were following along, last year we’ve been tracking changing parts prices for RAM, SSDs, Hard Drives, CPUs, and a couple of GPUs. Typically this is done monthly, and then shared on our blog. Currently, all listed prices are from eBay,
13 Jan 2020
Server Pricing Report – January 2020
![Server Pricing Report - January 2020 6 crushed motherboards](https://ioflood.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/tech-3682675_1280-200x200.jpg)
Welcome to the FIRST installment of our monthly server price reporting for 2020. If you were following along, last year we’ve been tracking changing parts prices for RAM, SSDs, Hard Drives, CPUs, and a couple of GPUs. Typically this is done monthly, and then shared on our blog. Currently, all listed prices are from eBay,
01 Jan 2020
Happy New Year!
![Happy New Year! 7 2020](https://ioflood.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2020-200x200.jpg)
______________________________________________________________________________ With 2019 coming to a close, all of us here at IOFlood would like to take a moment to reach out and send our best wishes to you and yours! We hope you had an amazing 2019! We know we have, thanks to all of our fantastic customers for your support over the past
10 Dec 2019
Server Pricing Report – December 2019
![Server Pricing Report - December 2019 8 old ram and cpus](https://ioflood.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/background-card-chip-825262-200x200.jpg)
This is the ninth and final installment of our monthly server price reporting for 2019. If you’ve been following along, we’ve been tracking changing parts prices for RAM, SSDs, Hard Drives, CPUs, and a couple of GPUs. Typically this is done monthly, and then shared on our blog. Currently, all listed prices are from eBay,
01 Feb 2015
How should I protect my dedicated server – backups, or RAID?
![How should I protect my dedicated server - backups, or RAID? 9 hard drives](https://ioflood.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/3219157599_53734dcfc9_drive-backup-200x200.jpg)
In the rush to get by with daily life, often we don’t think much about how our data is stored. But as anyone who has experienced a hard drive failure can tell you, once you’ve lost your data, you wish you had done something to keep it safe to begin with. So often times, we
14 Jan 2015
Managed or Unmanaged Dedicated Server provider?
![Managed or Unmanaged Dedicated Server provider? 10 server back side](https://ioflood.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/11190294034_a001a000e5_managed-server-200x200.jpg)
A lot of hosts will offer either managed or unmanaged dedicated servers, with wildly varying prices in both categories. It can be difficult to know exactly how much service and support you get from either option. Should you choose managed? If so, what does that include? Should you go with “unmanaged”? If so, what will