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David Richied
18,057 PointsAm I getting this right about staging and production servers?
If I am understanding this correctly, a staging server is just an exact copy of the production server being pushed from our local development environment. Also, the staging server is hosted, just like the production server, meaning a web developer has to pay for staging hosting in addition to production hosting. Now, due to the cost of hosting a staging server ($10 per month/$120 per year), do web developers only host a staging server if a website is a certain size (around medium to large)? I guess this would be a question for experienced web developers. I might end up asking it on Quora or Stackoverflow, too, and posting the answer here.
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Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsSome hosts include staging servers free, just depends on the host. But generally yes, it depends on the size. A small mom and pop shop, probably doesn't need a staging server. Bigger sites that are constantly getting pushes for fixes, it makes sense.
During the build process, you might have a temp staging server where the client can view the site online before it hits their actual domain, but that would be shut down after they are done being your client.
David Richied
18,057 PointsDavid Richied
18,057 PointsGreat, that answers my questions perfectly. Thanks. :D