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Dedicated Web Hosting
By admin | November 5, 2007
Unlike shared hosting where tens to hundreds of websites of various customers are hosted on one computer, dedicated web hosting solutions allow a client to lease the complete computer and have access to all its resources to host one or multiple websites. This makes a dedicated hosting solution especially attractive for large high-traffic websites, custom development projects creating complex web based applications, and web sites that require a high degree of uptime and total control of the hosting environment.
Advantages of dedicated web hosting
When a client purchases a dedicated hosting package, he has access to the complete server. Dedicated packages are usually tailored to the amount of bandwidth, memory, and hard drive space that you might need and they allow for CPU intensive applications to operate without hindering other sites or being conflicted. They also provide a lot more in terms of resources. Most dedicated hosting packages will involve some sort of a setup fee as it is more time consuming to setup a complete server than it is to create a hosting account in a shared environment.
Disadvantages of dedicated web hosting
The extra functionality and control comes at high monetary costs - dedicated hosting solutions are more expensive than the virtual options. Most dedicated packages will also require that a user to have the needed computer knowledge to manage the server on a day to day basis. This would include the ability to do remote problem solving, having knowledge of the operating system, protocols and the software installed on the computer. The hosting companies will replace any hardware components if they develop problems but might not be willing to meddle with the server setup or the software and they might have an hourly charge to fix these problems. This aspect is important as it could add unforeseen costs to the budget.
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