Thursday, January 15, 2009

What's Best, Dedicated or Shared Server?

By Ricardo d Argence

If you have an online business with a sophisticated web site, you are probably deciding what type of server you need for your business. The server is what actually hosts your website online. It provides you space on the internet and routes traffic to your website.

There are two types of servers you can use when deciding what type of hosting you want for your internet website. A shared server is most popular with small business websites and individual websites. The other type of server is a dedicated server.

Some of the pros of sharing a server are: Some of them are free. Often, templates are offered in shared hosting to enable people with little computer expertise to create a website. Shared servers offer a variety of different services. Shared services are have a variety of different plans which are relatively inexpensive.

The needs of small businesses and personal websites on the internet are best met by shared servers. Some shared servers, especially the free ones, will want to put mandatory ads on your website. This is how they pay for their website. Additional services let you put your own advertisements on your website, increasing the income from it.

However, shared servers are not the best optionl for large businesses. For smooth traffic on your site you will require a better bandwidth. Your bandwidth may not be able to keep up with thousands of visitors a day, leaving some customers in the dark.

Additionally, space is limited for those using shared servers. It would be best if you had a server used only for internet business purposes. It enlarges your space size, and frees up bandwidth so that all of your customers can get through to the site. This is especially important if your business has forums or shopping carts. These are called databases and tend to take up a lot of space.

Although dedicated servers cost a substantial amount more to get started then a shared server, building businesses really don't have much of an option. If your goal is to grow your internet business, you need to select a dedicated server.

A dedicated server is mose expensive that a shared one, although even at $100 a month, it will pay for itself very quickly. You will basically be hosting your own website, and will be in control over as many advertisements and business connections you want on your site. This can also bring you in extra revenue.

With a server used only for your business, there is no limit to what you do for your business. You can have businness connections on your website that are linked with your type of business. There are all sorts of ways to make money online and most of them include advertising of some sort. You can use all the advertisement you want with a dedicated server and earn more profit on the website.

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