Do I Need A Dedicated Server?
Author: Ricardo D Argence

When you decided that you wanted to run your own website, you
were faced with many options. Most likely you were offered many
design choices, email addresses, blogging interfaces, and
e-commerce choices.

Quite naturally, once you decided on all of the above, you had
to make the decision about hosting and what types of hosting you
wanted to have for your website. Most people start out small so
they wouldn't need too much in regards to a hosting server, so
many choose basic or deluxe shared hosting.

Shared hosting is when there are several, sometimes hundreds of
other websites being hosted on that one server. Usually this is
okay for any simple and small business owner.

But what if your business is picking up, or if you have
confidential clientèle matters handled through your website? Or
what if you are worried about someone hacking into your server
and causing havoc on your website?

Is there a way to guarantee that no one else has access to your
server and/or can view any files or databases? There certainly
is. That guarantee comes in the form of a dedicated server.

Unlike an unsecured shared server, a dedicated server is
different.

Shared servers are a popular choice when web hosting companies
set customers up for hosting. Each customer on the server
"shares" hard drive space and monthly bandwidth.

This method causes many security problems with people on that
particular server. A dedicated server is the exact opposite.

There isn't anyone or anything on that server except you and
your website(s). Your server is "dedicated" set apart solely for
you and your usage. A dedicated server would be a good idea if
you are running a highly confidential website such as a banking
institution, doctor's website, high traffic ecommerce site, and
anything with content-sensitive material.

Many financial institutions and medical institutions use
dedicated servers to host their websites.

You can acquire a dedicated server simply by requesting one
from your hosting company. But beware, unlike shared hosting,
dedicated server hosting can be quite costly per month, because
you have a complete server for yourself.

There isn't anyone or any other entity to split or share the
cost with you. Check with your current hosting company to see
what dedicated server plans they have to suit your website
hosting needs.

Using dedicated servers have many advantages. One advantage
that takes to the for is the issue of security. No longer do you
need to worry about people hacking into your website.

The whole server and everything therein is yours. You have
maximum storage space, more bandwidth, data transfer, and above
all you have your own control panel.

Most control panels use Plesk Cpanel. And with the Cpanel come
the many choices in software, for instance: Wordpress, PHPBB,
Joomla (CMS), Drupal, Siteframe, phplinks, MySQL databases,
phpAdmin, apache, and the list goes on!

However, as mention before dedicated servers can get very
expensive. Sometimes it's cheaper to get a dedicated server as
opposed to renting shared space per month and per year.

Take all these things into consideration and then ponder over
them for a while. Before making your choice to switch to a
dedicated server or to stay with a shared server, decide whether
or not you can risk any compromises in your website's security.

If security is not an issue as much as lots of bandwidth, then
maybe you could upgrade your shared server.

But if you deal with credit cards and other personal
information on your site, you should really consider switching
to a dedicated server hosting plan. It's better to be safe than
sorry.


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