When upgrading from shared hosting to dedicated server, we always think of getting unlimited server resources and boosting website performance and speed. These are the few key criteria we look for in dedicated server. But wait, do you know there is drawback to dedicated server hosting too?
When hosting with dedicated server, the main concern in pricing issue. A budget dedicated server can easily cost near $200 dollars per month for starting. You may need more feature and upgrade that later increase the price to nearly $300 per month. Another problem is that dedicated server are mostly self-managed. Which mean you need to configure it yourself, update the software yourself, and backup the server yourself too. You are getting the server hardware, but not the support in software. If you need it, some web host does offer this at another extra amount of money, let say $100 per month for that.
Dedicated server are using self mysql database, and that might be slower sometime. If you are compare it to shared web hosting, some shared hosting are using localhost database, but some are using more powerful centralised database server. If database performance is your main concern, consult your dedicated server company for details on this too.
Bottomline, if shared web hosting can met your requirement so far, stick to it. Dedicated server might be the best choice if you know how and what about it. Unless you are professional, shared web hosting is still the best choice for everyone.
Refer to ipage web hosting for example, they are green web hosting plan, shared web hosting server that sharing by few customers, optimizing the server and reduce wastage in another thought. Off course, green energy and carbon neutral is 21th century idea, and we hope more and more people will support green hosting too!
Visit ipage and view their green hosting plan price at $2.99/mo only!
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November 7th, 2010 at 2:26 am
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