Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Dedicated Web Hosting: Do You Need It?

By Terry Viscottano


The Internet has changed a lot and now, every business needs to have a website at the very least. Having a website online offers a number of benefits, too: you are, for one, online 24x7 and are open for business round the clock. Most businesses will benefit from these; some may not but even for them, having a website is an important task.

So, how do you get started with a website online?

To begin with, you need web hosting. A web host provides some space on a server for you to host your files. A web host allows you have a website running throughout the day (and the night, of course). There is no single web hosting plan; in fact, there are multiple plans and that's what makes it a tad difficult.

Shared web hosting plans are a good start for sites that get a few visitors a month. It's inexpensive, managed by others and very easy to use. It's easy, really, to start with a shared host without it costing you an arm and a leg. Shared hosting has some restrictions, of course.

Another well-known kind of web hosting is VPS. It's a virtual machine installed on an actual server machine, and allows you to share a powerful server with a number of other people. A VPS can be great for sites that receive quite a bit of traffic but aren't very extensive resource hogs.

The best option is a dedicated server. In simple words: it's an entire server that you pay for every month. If your site uses a lot of resources, getting a dedicated server is probably the best option. Do you have a number of database queries? Need to run resource heavy programs on the machine? For these cases, a dedicated server is perhaps the best option.

A dedicated server need not be close to you, or in any particular country; in fact, you can find them in just about every country you can imagine. Want a Netherlands Server? Consider yourself covered. This can be pretty useful for testing across the world, and for a number of other purposes. One thing you have to keep in mind is that dedicated servers are generally rather expensive.

However, if you run a website that deserves a dedicated server, there shouldn't be a problem buying one. These dedicated servers are available in a lot of different locations and sometimes, isolated locations are cheaper.




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2 comments:

  1. Through this customers can possibly conclude about what hosting plans are they going to use for their upcoming website.But the thing is, they have to choose it wisely and efficiently.Although the different hosting plans serve best but the company's or customer's need should be take into consideration.

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  2. Dedicated web hosting is the perfect web solution for every business.Its very important.Very nice blog and i like this page. We are the hosting company bangladesh and provide best service.

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