So one can conclude that, if one has got mission critical needs and don’t have the in-house staff to efficiently keep his/her servers performing the way they should, then they must prefer managed services. Yet it’s a more cost effective path that hiring one’s own staff and most likely the user will receive an advanced, steadier level of service. If one’s needs are more basic, and or user and his/her staff has the time and know-how to perform 75% - 80% of his/her server’s maintenance then a reasonable unmanaged service should be ideal.