Sunday, January 20, 2008

Dedicated Servers and Shared Servers

Are you looking for hosting server? But not sure what they are, searching for dedicated or shared server but don't know what is the difference, either way this articles helps you out to find best hosting service for your sites.

Mainly hosting servers are of three types free servers, dedicated servers and shared servers. Free servers provide limited space, with limited features. While most popular are dedicated and shared servers. Shared servers are those in which you will share space with other users. Your website and other people will share the same server. With a shared server, the host typically takes care of administration of the server, which requires little technical skills.

A dedicated server is a single computer on a web-hosting network that is leased or rented, and dedicated to just one customer. A service provider monitors the computer's hardware, network connectivity, and routing equipment, while the customer generally controls and maintains the server software.

But before deciding weather you want dedicated or shared server you should consider level of website, if you operate a small business or a simple website of 5-10 pages dedicated server is not a best choice for you. It is important to understand your space need, bandwidth and budget before choosing dedicated web hosting servers. Dedicated server is the best option for the people who want huge amount of data space and bandwidth. These servers offer complete control on entire network. Major advantage of dedicated servers is that it provides each and every service at the small cost. These servers offer ability to manage firewalls and password access due to security purposes.

A small business, with minimal traffic, will likely want to stick with shared servers because dedicated server cost you a great deal more than a shared server.

Finally it is important to understand your space need, bandwidth, and budget prior choosing hosting server. Generally a large website with lots of traffic and need bulk bandwidth choose a dedicated server while a small business with less traffic will stick to shared servers.

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