| There is nothing more frustrating as a | | | | you ran out of bandwidth (transfer). |
| webmaster then waking up in the morning, | | | | |
| firing up your browser to check your website | | | | Dedicated Hosting |
| only to find a message saying "This site has | | | | |
| exceeded it's bandwidth limits for the month" | | | | Dedicated hosting is for the big boys. It's |
| | | | for medium to big business looking to do a |
| It's embarrassing, time consuming and not to | | | | lot of work online. A dedicated server is |
| mention costly if you are missing out on | | | | just that, you're own server. You get your |
| sales. | | | | own server just for your website which is |
| | | | unlike shared hosting as you have to share a |
| On the other side of the scale, it can be | | | | server. |
| very costly to be on a larger web hosting | | | | |
| plan or dedicated server and hardly even use | | | | There are many different packages available |
| the services it offers. | | | | with dedicated hosting depending on how much |
| | | | you want to spend. The more resources a |
| Good quality web hosting is not cheap, but | | | | server has, IE, RAM, Hard drive space, |
| you need to balance your business needs with | | | | processor speed, the more it will cost. |
| what you can really afford to pay. | | | | |
| | | | You can see that a dedicated server allows |
| So what web hosting service should you be | | | | you a lot more disk space and transfer |
| using? Good question! | | | | allowance. It also allows you unlimited |
| | | | domain names. Dedicated servers are also |
| In this article I'm going to be talking about | | | | known to be a lot more stable and allow you |
| the pro's and con's of both shared web | | | | more control over your website and are |
| hosting and dedicated web hosting packages. | | | | perfect for a professional image. |
| By the end of the article you should have | | | | |
| some idea what your online business needs now | | | | There are two types of dedicated servers.... |
| and what it will need when it expands. | | | | |
| | | | Managed hosting |
| Shared Hosting | | | | |
| | | | Managed hosting offers you the support of a |
| Shared hosting is what most small online | | | | technical team looking after your server. |
| businesses use. Shared hosting means that | | | | They do all the updates and technical side of |
| your site is on one server that also holds | | | | things for you. They will perform routine |
| other peoples websites as well. Your website | | | | maintenance without you even asking. Managed |
| will not be the only one on that server. Very | | | | hosting how ever does cost quite a lot more |
| few small online businesses need the power of | | | | then un-managed usually. |
| a dedicated server. | | | | |
| | | | Un-managed hosting |
| Most companies offer a few different types of | | | | |
| shared web hosting services. The only | | | | Un-managed hosting isn't as support less as |
| difference usually being how much disk space | | | | it sounds. Most dedicated servers do come |
| you want or how much transfer allowance you | | | | with technical assistance and routine |
| need. | | | | maintenance, but any support questions will |
| | | | more then likely cost you extra. If you need |
| The best way to show you what the difference | | | | something added to your server, it will cost |
| is between shared hosting services is to show | | | | you a in maintenance fee's. Rebooting your |
| you an example. | | | | server should also come free with un-managed |
| | | | dedicated hosting. |
| Go to | | | | |
| | | | Multiple Domain Name Hosting |
| This is an example web hosting companies | | | | |
| shared hosting services. As you can see they | | | | Another thing you should look at is whether |
| offer two different types of shared hosting | | | | or not you want to host multiple domain names |
| services. Basically they offer a small and | | | | with your one hosting package. Both shared |
| large service. | | | | hosting and dedicated hosting can allow you |
| | | | to do this. A lot of share hosting services |
| The major differences between each package | | | | now allow this. |
| really is how many domain names you can host, | | | | |
| how much transfer (how many megabytes that | | | | I recommend always using a web host that |
| are downloading from your website) you can | | | | allows you to have multiple domain names with |
| have and how much disk space (how many files | | | | your one account. It really does solve the |
| you can store) you need. | | | | problem of having multiple hosting accounts |
| | | | for different domain names. |
| If you're just starting out online and | | | | |
| haven't got a website up yet and not sure | | | | Other Things To Look For |
| what you are doing exactly, start off with | | | | |
| the small plan. That's more then enough for a | | | | Other things to think about when searching |
| small site or blog for that matter. | | | | for a web hosting company is what you intend |
| | | | to do with your website. |
| Now if you run a larger website and you offer | | | | |
| a lot of downloads, say for example you're | | | | Do you need a lot of technical assistance? If |
| selling a rather large ebook, you might need | | | | so, look for a hosting company with live 24/7 |
| the large service. Let's say you have a 10mb | | | | support. Do you want to create a blog, or |
| ebook for sale, the large service this | | | | lot's of blogs? Then you will need to see if |
| company offers would allow you to have | | | | your web hosting company allows you to setup |
| roughly 2000 downloads of that package before | | | | multiple MYSQL databases. |