Server Management
Choosing the Right Server for Hotspot Billing
Use this guide as a practical framework, then adapt each step to your network, customers and operating policies.
01
Match server capacity to concurrent sessions, not customer count
What matters is how many devices are connected and transacting at the same time during your peak hour, not your total customer list. Undersizing here is the most common cause of a hotspot that "was fine, then suddenly slow" as the business grows.
02
Decide between shared, VPS and dedicated hosting early
A small single-router operation can run comfortably on a modest VPS. Once you manage multiple routers across sites, move to a dedicated server (or a well-resourced VPS) so router-sync, payment processing and reporting never compete for the same limited resources.
03
Plan for backups and uptime from day one
Your billing server holds every voucher, payment and customer record — treat automated daily backups and monitoring as a non-negotiable cost of doing business, not an optional extra you'll add "later".
Need help applying this to your ISP?
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