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If you have a large and complex website that receives a lot of traffic, you may find that shared hosting is limiting your growth and the capacity to serve your customers. If this is happening to you, then it may be time to move on to dedicated web hosting. Shared hosting involves placing many websites on one server. All sites share the resources of that server such as disk space and bandwidth. Dedicated hosting means that instead of renting space on a server, you rent an entire server for your sole use.

Dedicated web hosting is much more expensive than shared hosting because the cost of operating the server is not divided between various accounts. The advantages of dedicated hosting include the freedom to use the resources of the server as you please. There are many different dedicated hosting packages to choose from. Their prices depend largely on the physical setup of the server computer. Just as with your home computer, faster processors and bigger hard drives cost more.

The main factor influencing the price is whether or not you are moving into managed web hosting. A managed hosting service offers the support and expertise to maintain your server and to perform routine maintenance such as software upgrades. This kind of service can be a viable alternative to hiring your own staff to look after your servers. Managed web hosting, however, can be a lot more expensive than unmanaged hosting so you'll have to ask yourself if the upgrade is really necessary.

However, un-managed web hosting does not really leave you entirely to your own devices. Most hosting companies will offer a certain level of support for all their dedicated web hosting packages. This support of course includes hardware maintenance for things like hard drive failure and extra technical support may be available if you need help with configuration or software installation. But if you want extra support you will probably have to pay a little bit extra. To counter this, you could just hire a part time technical support guy. This will definitely be cheaper than paying for the full managed web hosting package, but when a problem arises, it might also take longer to resolve.

As with any hosting package the value of a dedicated hosting service depends on the reliability and integrity of the hosting company. If your website has grown to the point where you need dedicated hosting you need a hosting provider that you can rely on to keep your site online as much as possible.

Whether you choose a un-managed or managed web hosting depends on the technical requirements of your site and your ability to manage the server. So if you prefer to have the re-assurance of having highly trained professionals looking after the server, then it's probably better to go with managed web hosting.

 

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