Why Choose Dedicated Hosting?

Dedicated Hosting is where a website has an entire server to itself. So, unlike shared hosting, it is the only website hosted on the server. Without getting into the technical stuff about the way dedicated hosting works, let’s look at why it can be advantageous to the average business.

Flexibility

Dedicated Hosting is more flexible. As a website is on its own server it doesn’t get impacted by any other sites. With shared hosting there are many sites on the same server, which can cause them to be impacted by one another. If you have your own server you have full control and more choice is many different areas. You have a choice over operating system, hardware and other variables.


Security

Again, not being impact by other websites is helpful. The more websites that share a server the more variables there are. And with more variables comes the increasing chances of something going wrong. This can cause security issues. With dedicated hosting only applications applicable to you will be uploaded to the server and the whole hosting of the website is generally more stable.

High Traffic Websites

For high traffic websites dedicated hosting can be almost essential. The more traffic you have the more important it becomes. The reason is simple – dedicated hosting can handle more traffic. For one thing, there tends to be more bandwidth available. A server can only handle a certain amount of simultaneous traffic. There is a limited amount of bandwidth available and the more websites there are on the server, the less bandwidth is available to each. Depending on the hosting setup, another site on the same server as yours experiencing a high amount of traffic can mean less bandwidth is available to yours. If there are then a lot of people attempting to access your website they may not be able to. Where a server is dedicated to your website this is not a problem unless your website alone exceeds the server’s capacity. It is not just if visitors can access the site that is an issue here, but the speed at which the website operates. The closer to capacity the server is operating at the more likely it is that there can be speed problems.

Better Quality Service

Dedicated hosting packages usually offer a better service. You are hiring an entire server from the web hosting company so you will be a more important customer. You are paying more so you get a better service. This means the support is better so any problems are likely to be resolved quickly. For example, 24/7 monitoring is often included so issues are identified promptly. For many website owners support is crucial, and with dedicated hosting support is of a higher quality.

Scalability

When you have your own dedicated server it tends to be easy to switch to a different package or upgrade. So, if your website suddenly becomes more popular with more visitors, you can upgrade to a necessary package.

Dedicated hosting is not necessary for all websites. It is a better quality type of hosting than shared hosting, though, so for many it is advantageous.

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