Shared vs Dedicated Web Hosting
This article will explain the key differences between two hosting services available today, shared and dedicated web hosting.
What is Shared Web Hosting?
Shared web hosting is the most popular and common type of hosting used by websites on the internet in this current environment. Shared hosting is cost effective, owing to the fact that you are sharing with potentially 100 other websites on a single server. Shared hosting offers nearly all your site needs in terms of space, bandwidth and email. You may even like to order different IP addresses for each of your websites.
The benefits of shared hosting are low maintenance costs, your own domain name and lots of software options like databases, scripting and the like. If you run a small business and don’t plan for more than 1,000 visitors to your website each day, then it is the best choice. The only problem with shared web hosting is that bandwidth is limited, so if your website becomes popular, you might find yourself running out of bandwidth quickly.
What is Dedicated Web Hosting?
Dedicated web hosting is the opposite. It is about being in complete control of the hosting server and what is installed. The choice to decide whether to host one or ten of your websites is up to the individual. It allows you to tailor database, email and software applications to your own specification so it works the best way to enhance productivity.
Dedicated hosting is also ideal for those websites with high traffic and large businesses who want total control over the server, so it can be configured for special ecommerce software. Another benefit is the ability to resell the space and bandwidth to people who want to setup their own website, allowing you to generate additional revenue. Unlike shared hosting, dedicated web hosting will cost considerably more, but can be offset by additional earnings if you choose to resell hosting space on your server.
If your website is critical to your business, then a dedicated server is the recommended solution.
Contact Delivered Systems for Web Hosting
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