The Top 5 Advantages of Using Dedicated Server Hosting

The main benefit of dedicated server hosting is that you can host all your websites and other important files in your own server where you are the only person with access as opposed to shared hosting where different websites belonging to different people are hosted on one server.

Having a dedicated server has many more advantages as compared to shared services even though it comes with a higher price. To some businesses, price is not the only consideration when looking for a webhosting service. Some business scenarios may make it necessary to abandon a shared server and move to a dedicated one to increase the performance of your websites. Such situations may include:

When you have used a shared hosting for some time and you are not satisfied with its performance, for instance when you are in need of more bandwidth.

 You have a number of websites where you demand total control over the server and you want to monitor the performances of the websites. Maybe, you need to host some sensitive files, or you want to control the sharing of your content and this is not easy to achieve with shared services.

So, why would it be advisable to use a dedicated server hosting?

1.     Performance

A dedicated server hosting is bound to offer maximum performance with your websites. You may need such a power when you have a website, which uses huge processing power, and having it on a shared hosting will just slow everything down. You may also need a high performance if you have a website that attracts a lot of traffic and in order to ensure that the traffic flow does not crash the site, a dedicated server is recommended.

2.     Security

Having a shared hosting predisposes you and your websites to a number of security threats. Since many people have access to the shared service, it is very easy for hackers to attack the servers and share various malware. However, with a dedicated server hosting, you can control the access to it and the risks are substantially reduced.

3.     Room for growth

At some point, your website will have to grow and will demand an increase in the bandwidth. With a dedicated server hosting, adjusting to this increase in bandwidth is easy because it’s not functioning at full capacity. However, with a shared service, this will not be possible because they normally operate at their maximum capacity.

4.     Reliability

Dedicated server hosting is far more reliable than the shared option. In a dedicated service, your resources are never shared with anyone, you can always access them as and when you need to. Again, a dedicated server is less susceptible to crashing, which is not the case with shared servers.

5.     Ability to run complex databases

With a dedicated server, you have the capability to host very complex databases and other huge web applications, which will require a good bandwidth, adequate processing power, large disk space and adequate memory. A shared service will never allow you to run such kinds of applications without crashing the server.

The above benefits are just a few advantages of using a dedicated server hosting as opposed to shared hosting. There are other numerous reasons why serious businesses are turning away from shared services and getting their own dedicated servers. Though they are not cheap, the dedicated servers are worth the price.

About the author: Ted Garza is a professional teacher. He has worked at kindergartens in USA and abroad for most of his professional life. In his free time he likes to write texts and articles on the topics of technology and also its implementation in everyday life for different websites (for example for the Danish “server hosting UnoEuro” campaign). He is always excited to share and comment his views on modernity with other people interested in such discussions.