Dedicated Hosting

More often than not dedicated hosting is regarded as the top of the line in web hosting plans. However, it does come with a high price tag, and given the amount of resources, features and exclusivity included in the plan, it is well suited for certain large companies in many different industries. In most cases, the shared, the VPS and the Cloud hosting plans will be the preferred and the cheaper choices for the majority of websites.

Dedicated hosting plans provide for their clients the most security, resources, reliability, and the most unbridled power you can find in any web hosting plan. These provide the required environment that extremely large ecommerce sites, high functioning and complex websites need for their daily activities. As already r bottom line generated by these large websites.

How Does Dedicated Hosting Work?

In the world of web hosting, hosting plans can be simply described as dedicated or shared hosting plans. Most websites participate in one type of shared hosting plan or another, where the resources of the server are shared between a number of different hosting clients. In the dedicated hosting model, the hosting client enjoys the resources and the features of a server all to himself. On that sever he may install one or many different websites, but the important fact is that he does not share the server with another hosting client.

There are disadvantages to sharing a server with other hosting clients. A big disadvantage is that all sites on the same server will have the same IP address. The exploits of any one website on the server that results in it becoming de-indexed by the search engines, will result in all sites at that IP address becoming de-indexed also. Also, in other scenarios, where your website may be sharing the same server as porn or spam websites, by that mere association, it is possible for the IP address of the server to be blocked by the search engines and your site will not rank in the search engines as a result of that blockage.

These risks websites on a shared server face can be very damaging to the effectiveness and the profitability of these sites. However, when a website is located on a dedicated server it does not encounter such risks. What it has instead is an environment that is secure, reliable and under the complete control of the one hosting client whose space it is to maintain in whatever way he chooses.

Features of Dedicated Hosting:

• Unique IP address – Because the dedicated hosting account has a unique IP address, the website on this server enjoys faster load times and so can provide a good website experience for its clients and customers.

• Hosting Costs – Dedicated hosting packages are costly and their monthly hosting fees can range from $150 to $200 a month.

• Custom Scripts – The large businesses that utilize dedicated hosting can utilize the proprietary software and scripts that are essential for their websites’ operation. They would not be allowed on the traditional shared hosting server. On a dedicated plan they will be given the space they need to execute and they will run much better.

• Managed and Unmanaged Dedicated Hosting – Although dedicated hosting is reserved for very large sites, not all business with these site are able to manage the demands of a dedicated server. A business that chooses the unmanaged dedicated hosting will be responsible for installing software patches, software updates, installation of software and the installation and update of security tools. The hosting company will install the operating system and will maintain the server hardware for the unmanaged dedicated hosting client.

When a business chooses managed dedicated hosting, it will only be concerned with maintaining the website itself and providing its content. In other words, it will only have to focus on the needs of the website. This management does come at an additional cost, but for the right business it would be well worth the cost.

Whether a business chooses a managed or an unmanaged hosting option would depend on whether it has the necessary staff qualified to handle the additional technical tasks of unmanaged hosting, whether it needs that additional control or not, and whether it can spare the technical staff required to handle unmanaged hosting.