Ten Indicators That It's Time For Your Company
To Move From A Shared To A Dedicated Hosting Service
Author: Amy Nutt

Many companies are operating on a shared hosting service. A
shared web hosting service is web hosting that shares the web
server with many other websites. Each site basically has its own
partition that keeps it separate from all of the other sites.
This method tends to be a rather economical method of
maintaining a website because the cost of the server maintenance
is shared by a number of other people.

A dedicated hosting service, on the other hand is hosting in
which the website owner leases the entire web server and it is
not shared by anyone else. This gives the company complete
control over the server and allows the company to make all
decisions regarding what operating system to use, what hardware
to use, etc.

Indicators that your company may need a dedicated hosting
service

• The company is in need of more traffic. By having a dedicated
hosting service, bandwidth is increased significantly.

• The company needs a better return on investment. In many
instances, the shared hosting service can actually reduce the
return on investment because of the amount of traffic not being
generated. If the site does receive a high number of visitors,
bandwidth may be exceeded and potential sales are lost. A
dedicated hosting service can actually increase the return on
investment.

• The company is changing to an operating system or hardware
that is not supported by the shared hosting service. Through a
dedicated hosting service, operating systems and hardware can be
chosen.

• The company is in need of more services provided by the host.
Shared hosting tends to offer less services than a dedicated
server such as backup.

• Being parked next to a website that shares the same server
and has a bad reputation hinders online business. This can
actually give browsers a bad impression of the company's site
although the company has nothing to do with the neighboring
site's doings.

•The company needs more disk size than what the shared hosting
service offers. With a dedicated hosting service, the company
can choose things such as disk space and bandwidth as well as
many services that can be added on.

•The company needs a managed server. Many shared hosting
services have un-managed servers, which can lead to technical
difficulties. Many times, businesses cannot afford down time of
any kind, so a dedicated hosting service will decrease the down
time.

• The company needs reliable customer service. Sometimes shared
hosting services do not have dedicated customer service. There
may be one person answering the phone or a few people who do not
know much about the service. Dedicated hosting services have
customer service representatives ready to take on all issues and
inquiries.

• The company needs multiple domains. Many companies decide
that they are in need of multiple domains. Where shared hosting
may result in the company sharing domains with others or only
allowing them one domain, a dedicated hosting service will allow
the company to have multiple domains on the same account.

• The company needs databases. MYSQL databases are very
important to many businesses and shared hosting does not usually
offer databases. If they do, they may only offer one. A
dedicated hosting service may offer several.

So these are indicators that a company may need to move from
shared hosting to a dedicated hosting service. It will bring
more business and more respect from visitors by having a
legitimate domain name with all of the bells and whistles a
website should have.


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