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When should you
choose a dedicated server over other hosting platforms?
Most
hosting accounts are on shared hosting server. In other words,
your website is hosted on the same server with other website owners.
Usually, a hosting server can support up to approximately 200
shared hosting websites, depending on the
availability of disk space, bandwidth allowance and server speed.
The question is, "When should you choose a dedicated server over
other hosting platforms?"
You should choose dedicated server hosting when you notice your web
users at your site is growing to approximately 3000 daily web
users per day, or when you notice your
web pages are loading very much slower
when you initially started your website. Always check your web
statistics to get the exact details. The database that you use can
also affect the speed of downloading your web pages. In a nusthell,
when you have a lot of concurrent web users on your website, you
need a hosting server that serves your site only.
When a hosting server devotes solely to your web site, it is called
dedicated hosting or dedicated server hosting. With a dedicated
server, you have complete admission to the fundamental
administrative functions of the server. With most dedicated server
plans offered by web hosting companies, you need to know how to
manage a dedicated hosting where technical support is concerned. If
your not competent in managing a dedicated server, choose managed
dedicated server hosting. This service allows you to rent an entire
server that is supervised by a specialized hosting company. Most
hosting companies provided managed dedicated hosting, but if you think
you can manage and maintain the dedicated server by yourself, you can
opt to choose unmanaged dedicated hosting which is slightly cheaper
than managed dedicated hosting.
Because a dedicated server do not share its server resources with
other website sites, as with shared hosting, it allows for more
control over your server performance and bandwidth for your website.
A dedicated server can also be configured and operated remotely.
Hence, the cost of a dedicated server is always higher than the cost
of a shared hosting services. Prepare to pay a hosting
fee of US$100 per month to US$400 per month depending the
dedicated server application and functionality.
Choosing a good dedicated hosting service
Please research carefully before
you want to sign up. Find a hosting providers that offer you good
network stability, reliable support and better operation of
sophisticated applications in a dedicated server compare to shared
hosting. There are a lot of hosting companies out there that offer
dedicated server hosting services. Many hosts offers both Linux and
Windows platform, while some are only specialized in dedicated
hosting. I list the hosting companies below to help you find good
and reliable dedicated hosting services.
www.superbservers.net
www.speedfox.com (Provides VPS
and dedicated hosting only)
www.cihost.com (All accounts are managed dedicated hosting,
unless you insist on using unmanaged dedicated hosting)
www.startlogic.com
(Dedicated server starts at US$99. Please read the details carefully
before signing up)
www.websitesource.com
www.servepath.com (Provides
dedicated hosting only)
www.discountasp.net (
Provides MS Windows 2000 & 2003 hosting only)
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