Your server may be at risk

Managed server for your dedicated servers —
Whatever your hosting provider

Your hosting provider rents you a machine. Period. They don't monitor it, don't update it, don't secure it. And most importantly... they don't call you at 3 AM when it goes down. A managed service provider (MSP) picks up where your hosting provider stops.

What your hosting provider does NOT do

When you rent a dedicated server, you are only paying for:

Hardware

CPU, RAM, disks

Network

Internet connection

Power

24/7 electricity

Hardware support

Disk replacement

What remains YOUR responsibility

System updates

OS, kernel, packages, security

Backups

Configuration, testing, restoration

Monitoring

24/7 service monitoring

Security

Firewall, fail2ban, audit

Emergency response

Even on Sunday at 4 AM

Optimization

Performance, logs, certificates

If the answer to "Who takes care of it?" is "the dev who set up the server 2 years ago"... you have a problem.

The 5 risks of an unmanaged server

These scenarios are not hypothetical. These are calls we receive every month.

1

The unpatched security vulnerability

Your server is running a version of PHP or OpenSSL with a critical CVE from 6 months ago. You don't know. A bot finds it. Your customer data ends up on the dark web.

Consequence: Hello GDPR, hello fines (up to 4% of annual revenue).
2

The disk full at 100%

Nobody monitors disk space. Logs keep piling up. One morning, nothing works anymore.

Consequence: E-commerce site offline. ERP inaccessible. Productivity at zero.
3

The backup that didn't exist

You thought you had backups. In reality, the script failed 4 months ago. Nobody checked.

Consequence: Ransomware. Data lost. Permanently.
4

The weekend incident

Friday 10 PM, the server crashes. Your sysadmin? On holiday. The dev who "knows a bit"? Unreachable.

Consequence: You discover the problem on Monday morning. 60 hours of downtime.
5

The update that breaks everything

Someone runs apt upgrade without thinking. Incompatibility with your application. No rollback procedure.

Consequence: 2 days to fix everything. If you're lucky.

The numbers that hurt

1 hour of downtime (average e-commerce)

500 - 5,000 EUR

Data breach (GDPR + reputation)

10,000 EUR +

In-house 24/7 team (2 people min.)

160,000 EUR/yr

Cost of professional server management:

From 70 EUR / month

70 EUR/month (business hours 7am-10pm) or 150 EUR/month (24/7 + 1h intervention included)

70 EUR/month = 840 EUR/year
A single 4-hour outage can cost more than 5 years of business-hours server management.

Server management is not an expense. It's insurance.

The solution: an external managed service provider

RDEM Systems, your MSP for OVH, Scaleway, Hetzner, Contabo and Ionos. You keep your hosting provider, we take care of the rest.

How does it work?

1

SSH or VPN access

You provide us with secure access to your server

2

Audit & Onboarding

We analyse the current state and set up monitoring

3

Ongoing management

24/7 monitoring, updates, interventions

Responsibility split

Your hosting provider (OVH, Scaleway...)

  • Physical hardware (server, disks)
  • Power supply
  • Network connection
  • Faulty hardware replacement

RDEM Systems (server management)

  • Operating system & services
  • Updates & security
  • 24/7 monitoring & alerting
  • Backups & restoration
  • 24x7x365 on-call support
  • Coordination with your hosting provider in case of hardware failure

Important note: In the event of a hardware failure at your hosting provider, we detect the problem and alert you. We can coordinate the ticket opening with the hosting provider, but the replacement time depends on the contract you have with them.

What server management includes (from 70 EUR/month)

24/7 Monitoring

CPU, RAM, disk, services, availability

Security updates

Critical CVEs patched within 48h

Backup supervision

Daily verification, restore testing

24x7x365 on-call support

Dual on-call with automatic escalation

1h intervention included

Per month per server

Senior team

Not an intern with a script

Our recommendation: Proxmox VE on your dedicated servers

Whatever your hosting provider (OVH, Scaleway, Hetzner, Contabo, IONOS), we recommend installing Proxmox VE (free, open-source) on your dedicated servers. Compatible with all hosting providers via custom ISO, installimage or KVM console.

  • Native PBS backup: automatic backup of your VMs to NimbusBackup, offsite at Equinix Paris — included in your server management contract
  • Snapshots before every update: instant rollback in case of issue, without interruption
  • Service isolation: each application in its own VM, no domino effect in case of a breach
  • Live migration: move a VM from one server to another with zero downtime, even across different hosting providers
  • No licence cost: Proxmox VE is 100% open-source, unlike VMware. Proxmox support licences are available and recommended for business-critical environments.

Already running Proxmox VE? Perfect, NimbusBackup integration is immediate. Running bare Linux/Windows? We handle the migration to Proxmox VE as part of the onboarding.

Learn more about Proxmox VE

Your backups must not stay at your hosting provider

If your backups are on the same server or the same hosting provider as your production, a single incident (ransomware, datacenter failure, human error) destroys both at the same time.

With your RDEM server management contract, a NimbusBackup PBS volume is included: your Proxmox VMs are automatically backed up to our Equinix Paris infrastructure, physically separated from your hosting provider.

Essential

250 GB

Single Drive — included

Pro

500 GB

Single Drive — included

Critical

1 TB

Single Drive — included

or 500 GB Double Drive (2 sites)

AirGapped option +10 EUR/month

Need more storage? Additional volume at 12 EUR/TB/month on NimbusBackup.

Your hosting provider's native snapshots remain on the same infrastructure — that is not an offsite backup.

Incident triggering via PagerDuty

In case of a confirmed production outage, you trigger an incident via PagerDuty (credentials provided at contract signing). Our on-call team is immediately alerted.

Essential

7am - 10pm, 7d/7

Pro

24/7 — 4h response time

Critical

24/7 — 1h response time

Routine support (questions, non-urgent requests): by email or via your member portal. No phone support.

Abusive triggering outside of a production outage: 100 EUR excl. VAT per incident. This policy ensures on-call availability for genuine emergencies.

Your managed service provider for all hosting providers

OVH | Scaleway | Hetzner | Contabo | 1&1 Ionos | AWS | Azure | GCP | On-premise

A word about our positioning

Let's be transparent: we are also a VM and server provider.

Yes, RDEM Systems also offers hosting on its own infrastructure (AS206014, Proxmox servers in Equinix datacenters). We are therefore technically a competitor of OVH, Scaleway, Hetzner or Contabo when it comes to providing virtual machines.

But we know how to separate the two. Our primary business is server management and on-call support — not selling VMs at all costs.

If you are happy with your current hosting provider, keep them. We work on your servers without any issue.

When we can help you

  • You have servers at OVH, Scaleway, Hetzner, Contabo...
  • You want serious server management without switching hosting providers
  • You have a hybrid environment (multi-cloud, on-premise)
  • You are looking for 24/7 on-call support for your existing servers

When another provider is a better fit

  • Need for datacenters outside Europe (Asia, US, etc.)
  • Massive volumes like "100 VMs at 3 EUR/month"
  • Specific managed cloud services (managed Kubernetes, AI/ML)
  • AWS/Azure/GCP ecosystem already in place and mastered

Our goal: that your servers are well managed, whether they are hosted with us or elsewhere.
Server management is our core business. Hosting is an option.

How much does downtime cost you?

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What happens if your server goes down tonight?

If the answer doesn't satisfy you, let's talk. Free assessment of your situation.