Dedicated Web Site Hosting

If you own any type of internet business, you should seriously consider dedicated website hosting. Most webmasters on the net today are familiar with what the industry calls “shared” web hosting accounts. This is absolutely not the best way or even a good way to host your site, especially if it is a business related site. A shared hosting account is where you rent a small amount of space on a server which is shared among many other users. The biggest negative is that you are at the mercy of the other people you are sharing the server with, people you don’t even know.

This is an inexpensive way to get your business started online, but it has many disadvantages - you will encounter email delivery problems because of spam complaints against other sites that are on your same server. You might find your site’s grinding to a halt because someone else does some heavy database work on your server. You might even find your site going down because of a denial of service attack against someone else on your server who is hosting, hacking or piracy related material on your server (these type of sites attract antisocial elements!)

How can you avoid all of this drama?

By upgrading to a virtual dedicated server or an actual physical dedicated server. A virtual dedicated server lets you run your sites as if you had your own “dedicated” server, except it is cheaper because you are really just using part of a server that has been split into multiple virtual dedicated servers. A more expensive option is to actually have your own dedicated server. This might be a good option for someone who has a lot of websites or uses a lot of bandwidth every month.
You will find virtual dedicated web site hosting accounts starting at just $30 a month. You’ll get a much larger chunk of bandwidth compared to shared hosting, and none of the problems that go with a shared host. You can also get multiple IP addresses that are exclusive to your sites.

So what’s the catch with dedicated web site hosting? Not much. You’ll probably spend a bit more your hosting fees each month. The main disadvantage of upgrading to virtual dedicated hosting is that you might need to be more technically proficient so that you can administer the server, if you take less expensive options. But even this does not have to be a problem. There are also options that will get you some excellent assistance with your dedicated web site hosting as well.

This requires a bit of time learning the necessary Linux skills to make sure your server runs smoothly.

Many dedicated web site hosting providers will have a “premium” support offering that includes more customer service when dealing with your server. This is definitely recommended because then you get all the service and protection you need and it frees your time up to spend on thinking about how to actually make money.

With the increased speed and bandwidth that a virtual dedicated host offers, and none of the shared hosting headaches, the move is one you will never regret. So, the question now becomes, are to ready and willing to upgrade to virtual or dedicated web site hosting and protect your business or non business website?