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IT KORR Infrastructure
Virtual Server Infrastructure
Northeast Platform
Edison, NJ · Redundant · Managed · Enterprise-Grade
Server Hosting Cost Estimator
Configure your virtual server requirements and receive an instant monthly IT KORR estimate, plus planning guidance on dedicated infrastructure vs. public cloud to support informed decisions.
2 CPU cores included
Upgradeable to 64 cores
4 GB RAM included
Upgradeable to 256 GB
100 GB SSD storage included
Upgradeable to 10 TB
10 Mbps bandwidth included
Upgradeable to 1 Gbps
1 public IP included
Additional IP blocks available
Managed hosting platform
Power, cooling, connectivity
Designed For
Who This Is For
Small Businesses
Organizations that need a reliable, managed infrastructure without the overhead of running their own data center.
Multi-Location Organizations
Businesses with offices across multiple locations that need centralized infrastructure accessible from all sites.
Microsoft 365 Environments
Organizations using M365 that need on-premises components — Active Directory, hybrid file services, Azure AD Connect.
ERP Workloads
Companies running ERP platforms that require dedicated resources, consistent performance, and predictable monthly costs.
SQL Applications
Database-driven applications and SQL Server environments that need guaranteed CPU, memory, and storage I/O.
Compliance-Oriented Organizations
Healthcare, legal, and regulated industries requiring infrastructure documentation, governance, and operational oversight.
Infrastructure Planning
Cloud vs. Dedicated Infrastructure
Public Cloud Advantages
- Fast provisioning — infrastructure live in minutes, no hardware lead times.
- Elastic scaling — add or remove resources on demand with consumption-based billing.
- Global availability — multiple regions for geographic distribution and redundancy.
- Cost growth — storage fees, egress charges, and licensing premiums compound at scale.
- Complexity overhead — multi-service architectures require active governance to prevent cost drift.
Dedicated Infrastructure Advantages
- Predictable cost — fixed monthly pricing regardless of storage activity, egress, or workload patterns.
- Dedicated resources — CPU, memory, and storage allocated exclusively to your workloads.
- Operational control — full visibility and governance over OS, configuration, and security posture.
- Long-term efficiency — per-unit economics typically favor private infrastructure for stable workloads.
- Provisioning requires planning lead time — not suited for immediate burst capacity needs.
Use Case Guidance
When Public Cloud Makes Sense
Rapidly changing workloads
Development environments, testing pipelines, and experimental infrastructure where provisioning speed matters more than monthly cost predictability.
Temporary projects
Short-duration campaigns, event infrastructure, or project environments with a defined end date and no long-term operational requirement.
Global deployments
Applications serving users across multiple continents simultaneously, where cloud region proximity reduces latency without building owned infrastructure.
Use Case Guidance
When Dedicated Infrastructure Makes Sense
Line-of-business applications
Applications that run continuously — file services, access management, internal tools — where uptime matters and resource requirements are stable.
ERP systems
Enterprise resource planning platforms are resource-intensive and sensitive to performance degradation. Fixed infrastructure costs make total cost of ownership predictable.
SQL workloads
SQL Server and database-driven applications benefit from dedicated CPU, memory, and storage I/O — resources that shared cloud environments cannot guarantee under contention.
Microsoft 365 integrations
Active Directory, Azure AD Connect, hybrid Exchange, and on-premises integrations with Microsoft 365 work reliably on dedicated private infrastructure.
Cost Planning
Predictable Infrastructure Costs
Many organizations evaluate dedicated infrastructure to improve cost predictability and operational visibility. Unlike consumption-based cloud models where storage I/O, data egress, and licensing premiums accumulate unpredictably, dedicated infrastructure pricing is fixed to defined resource allocations.
Fixed monthly billing
Dedicated infrastructure carries a fixed monthly cost regardless of workload activity, storage operations, or traffic patterns — making budget planning straightforward over 12–36 month horizons.
No egress surprises
Public cloud platforms charge for data leaving the platform. With dedicated infrastructure, bandwidth is a fixed tier — not a variable charge that fluctuates with activity.
Resource allocation transparency
Your CPU, memory, and storage are allocated exclusively to your workloads. There is no shared contention with other tenants, and no variable pricing based on resource utilization.
Aligned to operational planning
Infrastructure planning based on defined resource requirements helps organizations forecast operational expenses and align infrastructure growth to business needs.
Cost & Operations
Why Organizations Reevaluate Public Cloud
Public cloud platforms are highly capable, but organizations with stable, predictable workloads often find that private dedicated infrastructure provides better long-term economics and operational transparency.
Cost predictability
Cloud costs are variable by design. Storage I/O, data transfer, licensing, and support fees compound over time. Organizations with stable infrastructure footprints often find fixed monthly pricing more manageable than consumption-based billing.
Licensing complexity
Windows Server, SQL Server, and enterprise applications carry per-core licensing models on public cloud that can significantly increase total cost. Dedicated infrastructure simplifies licensing management.
Stable workloads don't benefit from elasticity
The primary value proposition of public cloud — elastic scaling — is largely irrelevant for line-of-business applications, SQL databases, and ERP systems that run at a consistent resource level year-round.
Operational control and visibility
Private infrastructure gives organizations full control over OS configuration, security posture, patch cadence, and compliance documentation — areas where shared cloud environments impose limitations.
Budgeting visibility
Finance teams consistently prefer fixed infrastructure costs over variable consumption charges. Dedicated hosting makes infrastructure a predictable line item rather than a fluctuating operational expense.
What To Look For
Infrastructure Sizing Considerations
These are the most common sizing mistakes and planning gaps found in infrastructure reviews.
CPU Oversizing
Most line-of-business applications are memory-bound, not CPU-bound. Excessive CPU core allocation inflates monthly cost without performance benefit. Start right-sized and scale when utilization data justifies it.
Memory Planning
Insufficient RAM causes performance degradation and disk paging — particularly harmful for SQL and ERP workloads. Size for peak concurrent load, not average utilization, with 20–30% headroom.
Storage Growth
Storage requirements grow consistently as application data, logs, and backups accumulate. Provision with 2–3 years of expected growth factored in. Expanding storage in production is operationally disruptive.
Backup Retention Gaps
Define your recovery point objective (RPO) before selecting a retention window. A 7-day retention is insufficient if compliance requires 30 or 90-day point-in-time recovery capability.
Public IP Planning
Each TLS-terminated service endpoint and public-facing application may require its own address. Map IP requirements to actual services — unused IPs carry ongoing cost.
Bandwidth Planning
Size bandwidth for peak transfer demand, not average throughput. Backup operations, database replication, and DR replication traffic can saturate lower-tier connections during critical windows.
Disaster Recovery Readiness
Operating without disaster recovery means hardware failure or ransomware can result in extended downtime with no recovery path. A DR replica provides rapid failover with recovery measured in minutes, not hours.
Reference Configurations
Typical Infrastructure Profiles
Common configurations for business workloads. Use these as starting points for your own estimate.
Small Business Application Server
4 cores · 16 GB · 100 GB · 10 Mbps · Ubuntu Linux
Active Directory, file services, Microsoft 365 integrations, and line-of-business applications for teams of 25–75 users.
Microsoft 365 Integrated File Server
4 cores · 16 GB · 300 GB · 10 Mbps · Windows Server
On-premises file storage with Azure AD Connect or hybrid file share configurations for Microsoft 365 environments.
QuickBooks Server
4 cores · 16 GB · 200 GB · 10 Mbps · Windows Server
Centralized QuickBooks hosting for multi-user access, with sufficient storage for company files and local backups.
SQL Server
8 cores · 32 GB · 300 GB · 100 Mbps · Windows Server
SQL Server deployments supporting business-critical databases, reporting workloads, and application backends.
ERP Application Server
8 cores · 32 GB · 200 GB · 100 Mbps · Windows Server
Mid-tier ERP deployments with application and database tiers supporting 50–150 concurrent users.
Multi-Site Business Platform
12 cores · 48 GB · 500 GB · 200 Mbps · Windows Server · 30-day backup
Enterprise infrastructure supporting multiple locations, complex application environments, and extended backup retention for compliance requirements.
Infrastructure Platform
Northeast Corridor Infrastructure
IT KORR delivers infrastructure services from a carrier-dense facility in Edison, New Jersey — positioned at the center of the Northeast corridor.
Edison, New Jersey
Central NJ provides sub-10ms latency to NYC and Philadelphia financial, healthcare, and enterprise districts.
Carrier-Dense Connectivity
Multiple Tier-1 network carriers provide diverse upstream paths and protection against single-carrier failure.
Redundant Power Infrastructure
Dual utility feeds, UPS systems, and generator backup for continuous operations.
Scalable Capacity
From single virtual machines to enterprise-scale infrastructure — capacity scales as your organization grows.
Managed Operations
End-to-end managed infrastructure — deployment through ongoing monitoring, patching, and governance.
Human Support
Real infrastructure engineers available when you need them. No automated ticket queues for critical issues.
Considering Dedicated Hardware?
Own your servers? Explore colocation.
If your organization owns physical server hardware, colocation may offer a better fit than virtual hosting. Place your equipment in our carrier-dense Northeast facility and benefit from professional power, cooling, and connectivity — without the overhead of an in-house data center.
Explore our Colocation Cost EstimatorPricing Guidance
These pricing estimates are intended to assist with infrastructure planning and budgeting. Pricing reflects a minimum 12-month service term. Final pricing may vary based on operating system licensing, backup retention requirements, disaster recovery configuration, networking requirements, compliance obligations, and overall infrastructure architecture. Additional incentives or promotional pricing may be available for longer service terms or bundled solutions. Final pricing is provided following an infrastructure review and requirements consultation.
FAQ
Server Hosting Questions
How much RAM do I need for a business server?
For most line-of-business applications serving 25–75 users, 16 GB of RAM is a reliable starting point. Active Directory domain controllers typically run on 8–12 GB. SQL Server and ERP platforms commonly require 32–64 GB depending on database size and concurrent load. Always size memory for peak load — RAM is difficult to expand in production without disruption.
How much storage should I allocate for a business server?
Storage requirements depend on workload type and growth projections. Application servers for line-of-business software typically require 100–200 GB. SQL Server environments with active databases often need 300–500 GB to accommodate data growth, logs, and backup staging. File servers and ERP platforms can require 1 TB or more. Plan for 2–3 years of projected growth — expanding storage in a live production environment is operationally disruptive and should be avoided.
What factors most affect server hosting costs?
Memory and CPU core count have the largest per-unit impact on monthly pricing. Disaster recovery — maintaining a live replica of your infrastructure — adds significantly to cost because it requires a fully provisioned standby environment. Bandwidth upgrades above the base 10 Mbps tier add meaningfully at higher throughput levels. Windows Server licensing adds a flat premium over Linux configurations.
How does IT KORR pricing compare to AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud?
This tool does not perform a live pricing comparison against AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, and we do not publish a specific savings percentage — public cloud pricing varies too widely by region, commitment term, licensing, and architecture to reduce to one number. What we can say directionally: for predictable, always-on workloads, fixed monthly pricing on dedicated infrastructure is generally easier to forecast than consumption-based cloud billing, which accumulates variable charges for storage I/O, egress, and licensing. For stable line-of-business applications, ERP systems, and SQL workloads, get an exact comparison by requesting a configuration-specific quote alongside pricing from your preferred cloud provider's calculator.
How many public IP addresses do I need?
Most single-server deployments require only one public IP address, which is included at no additional cost. Organizations running multiple public-facing services — web, mail, VPN, application endpoints — that require separate IPs for TLS certificate coverage may need 5 or 13 usable addresses. Larger environments with significant public service exposure may require 29 or more. Map IP requirements to actual services rather than estimating growth.
What is a Disaster Recovery Replica?
A Disaster Recovery Replica maintains a standby copy of your server infrastructure, continuously updated and ready to take over if the primary environment fails. In the event of hardware failure, data center incident, or ransomware event, recovery can be initiated rapidly without waiting for hardware replacement or data restoration from backup. The replica runs in a separate facility, eliminating shared failure risk with the primary deployment.
Does this tool show a live AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud price comparison?
No. This estimator calculates a directional IT KORR hosting planning cost from your selected configuration — it does not query or estimate AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud pricing. Public cloud pricing depends on compute, storage, bandwidth/egress, licensing, commitments, and managed-services choices that vary by provider and workload. A genuine like-for-like comparison requires pulling a quote from your preferred provider's own pricing calculator alongside a configuration-specific IT KORR quote.
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