Do I Have To Use Dedicated Web Hosting?
- By Mike Gates
- Published 02/8/2010
- Internet
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Among the list of web hosting plans there is that other one called dedicated web hosting. The basic description about dedicated web hosting is that you obtain a part of a web hosts server and take over everything about it. In essence, you become your own web host. The reason why most people prefer this mode of hosting is that it ensures that you are the sole user of the server, hence giving you a measure of freedom and privacy to use the server as suits your discretion. Now the one million dollar question is: do I really have to use a dedicated web server. Well, it actually depends on you the user, but you must realize that there are advantages as well as disadvantages to using this mode of web hosting.
Let’s start with the advantages:
• Dependability: Now, due to the fact that your website will actually be the only one on the main server, you will be less prone to the injurious adventures of over-enthusiastic hackers and crackers. This advantage would severely have been depleted if one were to host their website on a shared server, for example, where there are many websites using the same server of a virtual web host. The reason for this is that your server administration will know that only your website is supposed to be on the server and will easily detect any other infiltrations into the server.
• Control: with the dedicated web hosting, you will have total control over the bandwidth of the server. Since you alone can approve of
the websites entering the server, you are in a position to control the amount of bandwidth that is used in powering your websites. Since your website will be the only one on the main server, it stands to reason that your internet speed will be faster as your bandwidth will be yours alone – not to be shared with others.
These are the two basic advantages from using the dedicated web hosting plan. Unfortunately, there are demerits, too. Let’s take a look at them so you can decide if it is worth its salt:
• You must be/have an administrator: If you are going to use the dedicated hosting plan, you will also have to assume administrative control. What this implies is that you will then have to be the one to do stuff like updating software as well as keep watch for hacks on the system. Therefore, if you are a complete novice or lack the basic requirements to become a server admin, you might find it almost impossible to cater for these needs. Even if you decide to take the option of hiring a professional administrator to assume control, it will still cost you an amount of money…
• Financial Implication: Because there are more and more dedicated servers than there were years ago, the cost of using this service has come down overtime from the hundreds of thousands it used to be. However, the cost is still substantially larger than if one were to employ a shared hosting service, and that should be put into consideration.
Depending on the type of site you want to run, you might want to use the dedicated server plan, or just stick to virtual web hosting.
Let’s start with the advantages:
• Dependability: Now, due to the fact that your website will actually be the only one on the main server, you will be less prone to the injurious adventures of over-enthusiastic hackers and crackers. This advantage would severely have been depleted if one were to host their website on a shared server, for example, where there are many websites using the same server of a virtual web host. The reason for this is that your server administration will know that only your website is supposed to be on the server and will easily detect any other infiltrations into the server.
• Control: with the dedicated web hosting, you will have total control over the bandwidth of the server. Since you alone can approve of
These are the two basic advantages from using the dedicated web hosting plan. Unfortunately, there are demerits, too. Let’s take a look at them so you can decide if it is worth its salt:
• You must be/have an administrator: If you are going to use the dedicated hosting plan, you will also have to assume administrative control. What this implies is that you will then have to be the one to do stuff like updating software as well as keep watch for hacks on the system. Therefore, if you are a complete novice or lack the basic requirements to become a server admin, you might find it almost impossible to cater for these needs. Even if you decide to take the option of hiring a professional administrator to assume control, it will still cost you an amount of money…
• Financial Implication: Because there are more and more dedicated servers than there were years ago, the cost of using this service has come down overtime from the hundreds of thousands it used to be. However, the cost is still substantially larger than if one were to employ a shared hosting service, and that should be put into consideration.
Depending on the type of site you want to run, you might want to use the dedicated server plan, or just stick to virtual web hosting.