| Dedicated
hosting is where a server has only one customer on it
and he controls all aspects of the server. This provides
much greater flexibility than a virtual server, but
the burden of administration must be handled by the
customer or outsourced to a dedicated hosting provider.
Control
You
get much greater control with dedicated hosting as you
do not share the server with anyone else. No longer
will the volume of another site on the server impact
you. Dedicated hosting also allows you to add any application
onto the server that you require, so you are no longer
limited to just the standard email and other basic applications
found on a virtual server.
Reliability
Dedicated
hosting provides much greater reliability than virtual
hosting. You no longer are exposed to the business practices
of other companies sharing a virtual server. Plus you
can ensure that security and upgrades are implemented
since you control server administration with dedicated
hosting.
Support
Engineering support is also vastly improved with dedicated
hosting. You will still need to select a qualified provider
that has good technical skills, but with dedicated hosting
the support engineer to customer ratio is much more
attractive.
At
some point your business requirements may out grow dedicated
hosting on a single server and cause you to upgrade
to clustered hosting, but dedicated hosting is a logical
first step for most businesses. Dedicated hosting allows
you to control how your server is used which improves
speed, reliability and scalability. |
