Why Dedicated Hosting?

April 7, 2008

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Why Dedicated Hosting?

by: Olga Rose

If youre reading this article, you might be interested in getting a dedicated server, or simply learning more about dedicated hosting services.

First of all, please note, that a dedicated server is rather expensive service, and you shouldnt waste your money if you dont plan to use it in full measure.

But if you really have a serious website, and want to run a successful business - you cannot do it without a dedicated server.

Of course its just mere words, so lets enumerate the facts!

Freedom and security

Dedicated server will give you a freedom. You will not need to share it with other websites. It will also give you additional 3rd party security for your site and emails. A dedicated server will allow you deep access to your server to configure and optimize your server anyway you need.

Youre able to choose the software to install.

Power and functionality

With a dedicated server you get on average 50-100 Gb of hard drive, plus about 1,000 Gb of data transfer. You may customize the configuration and choose any CPU, RAM, or whatever you need. A dedicated server reduces your dependency on the web host; and bypasses time delays and possible expenses incurred from these.

Respectability

You simply CAN NOT run a popular website on a shared hosting. Its not serious.

Summary

If your website turned into a popular and reliable resource; if you have tons of daily visitors; if you work B2B; if you need additional security and functionality, power and freedom - go ahead and buy a dedicated server. Dont be sorry about the money you spent! Think about the future!

About The Author

Olga Rose - owner of Dedicated Hosting Directory.


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Dedicated Servers - Backup and Recovery Strategies for Web Hosting Companies

April 5, 2008

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What kind of backup recovery strategy should a company have for its dedicated server? Web hosting companies have been debating this architecture since their existence began. It is really a question pondered by the whole IT community. There are many right solutions, dependent on your company’s ability to handle downtime. The correct solution for you will factor in the amount of redundant protection you need against the overall cost.

Before we discuss the different options for backing up and recovering your dedicated server, we should mention that the server hardware, data center, and fiber connection are all critical to reliability. This article is specifically focused on strategies to backup and recover your server’s data.

At a minimum, you can create a partition in your hard drive and backup your server weekly or monthly. There is no cost to this kind of solution, but the downsides are obvious. If your hard drive crashes, you will lose your backup as well. This kind of solution is only recommended if you can afford to lose all of your data, which most web hosting companies cannot.

Next, you can contract a remote backup service to set up offsite backups. These backups can be run daily, weekly, or monthly. The cost of this solution is around $30-$50/month depending on the web hosting provider. This option gives you a solid backup in case your hard drive crashes. The downside is that recovery time will take 6-12 hours or more depending on how much data you have. The data has to be manually copied over, and this is a slow process. If you can afford the cost, this solution is part of an overall backup system, but it is not recommended as your only solution.

The next backup option is to have a second hard drive installed on your server and have it set up to do daily, weekly, or monthly backups. Most web hosting companies that provide dedicated servers will charge between $15-$30 for a second hard drive. This is a nice compliment to the previous solution if you have the budget for both. The recovery time is faster then a remote backup. But unlike a remote backup, if your dedicated server or the datacenter are down, then you cannot access the backup. For most small web hosting companies this is not a problem. If their entire server or datacenter are down, they have larger issues to worry about. We recommend this as a complimentary option with a remote backup.

Next, a web hosting company can use mirrored RAID drives. This option will cost $50-$80/month more, but it provides the fastest possible recovery in case of a hard drive crash. You can just reboot using the mirrored drive, and you are back in business. The cost is a little higher, but this is a nice luxury. The downside of this option is that if your server is unavailable, then you still cannot reach your data. Additionally, if the hard drive becomes corrupted it will also corrupt your backup. This is why we recommend mirrored drives as part of a larger solution that includes other backup systems.

Finally, there are mirrored servers. This entails the largest cost and is really not necessary, except for those web hosting companies that can tolerate no downtime at all. In this scenario, if the server itself dies you can have another server ready to take the load. In fact, if your company is large enough, you might already need this kind of solution for performance. Some websites require multiple servers to handle the performance, and it is load balanced across them. In this case, if a server dies the system still runs. This is the best solution but it is not always necessary. And, of course it is costly.

We recommend a weekly remote backup to provide you with a fail safe version. Even if the datacenter burns down, you will have a copy of your data. To this we would add either mirrored RAID drives or a second hard drive, depending on your hosting company’s needs. If you are more worried about recovery time from hard drive crashes, which is the most frequent hardware problem with dedicated servers, then go with the RAID drives. If you are more worried about the hard drive getting corrupted, go with the second hard drive.

We hope this article provides you with the information you need to adequately back up your dedicated server!


About the Author

About the Author: Rodney Ringler is President of Advantage1 Web Services, Inc., which owns a network of Web Hosting Informational Websites including HostChart.com, ResellerConnection.com, FoundHost.com, ResellerForums.com, and HostingKnowledge.net. Rodney has over 15 years industry experience from programming to internet marketing.

Dedicated Web Hosting - Your Online Guide

April 3, 2008

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It is much like having your own server but the biggest difference is you do not need a large initial investment to set it up. Dedicated web hosting comes in two forms. Managed and unmanaged. Commonly, unmanaged hosting plans include hardware, operating system, web server and Internet connection. Managed plans however include the basics and pretty much everything else that the only thing you need to worry about is your web site and content. Knowing this, you should carefully review your organizations setup to see if you have the financial & physical resources to manage your servers. For most organizations, the highermonthly cost of a managed plan works out to be more cost effective overall. There would be

occasion an unmanaged plan works best. In these scenarios the organizations already have a good support department but would rather not have hardware and certain software maintenance concerns. You also have full access to storage, which is certainly a perk for a growing web site. Managed dedicated hosting customers also generally enjoy a better level of service. Many web hosts assign a personal representative who also supports a handful of other accounts.

Managed plan customers get the freedom to build the web site the way they want it without having hardware, operating system, certain software, middleware, security, Internet connection, backup, power backup, staff, casualties & loss prevention even insurance responsibilities.

As with choosing the operating system or software, hardware requirements depend a lot on your web sites current and future needs. Well give you some good basics to look for. - Processor Type Intel is recommended for large web sites because its emits less heat. You should choose

Celeron for small web sites and Pentium 4 for medium web sites. Dual Xeons are highly recommended for high traffic web sites to give you the processing power; more so if your web site uses a lot of server side scripting. On the average, processor speeds of 2 to 2.4 GHz are good choices. - Memory Your server should have at least 512MB of memory for serving up your pages in a reasonable time. If your web site makes heavy use of server side programming languages (PHP, CGI, ASP) e highly recommend a 1024 MB minimum and high traffic web sites should have 2048 MB and thereabouts. - Hard Drive Between IDE and SCSI hard drives, most would like to have a SCSI drive. They are very robust, and use little if no processor power making them very fast; an ideal situation for anyone but the cost is prohibitive. If budgets permit, an 18 GB SCSI hard drive is very sufficient for most. If you choose IDE, choose a 7200-RPM drive with about 40GB of storage. You might wonder why you need so much since your shared hosting plan only has a fraction of that and you still have left over space. Do not forget, with a dedicated server, you need space for software to run your web site. In a shared environment that software space is owned by the web host and not added towards your hosting plan.

Web hosts calculate your usage using one of these three methods. Per use, capped, or 95% use. Each one is quite different so be sure you understand your requirements versus the method used in the plan. Youll need to first understand the basics. Data transfer is measured in bits or bytes. Data transfer is the measure of bits or bytes traveling over time. So, if you are told 1 Mbps it means 1 Megabyte is being transferred in one second. If your hosting plan has 600 GB per month you can transfer as much as 600 GB of data in one month. To calculate usage, your host relies on usage reports such as Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG). The report shows your web sites average incoming and outgoing traffic. The following formula is then applied: ( Monthly Average incoming + Monthly average outgoing data ) /8 x 60sec x 60min x 24 hrs x 30.5 days = Total months bandwidth

Having a dedicated server is expensive and not as easy to migrate as a shared server environment. So making sure the host is right is ever more important. Some of the utmost concerns you should have when choosing a dedicated web host is of course the company reliability and support. You should expect better, more responsive support than a shared web host. You shouldnt settle for anything less than 24 x 7 telephone support preferably toll free. Find out how quickly the average response is in the event of hardware, connection or certain software failure. If they never had a failure, do they have a contingency plan in place? Check their network reliability. Verify information, as best you can; dont take the web hosts word at face value. Take your time, ask around and talk to their customers. If purchasing a managed plan, ensure server monitoring is included and your web host stays

on top of security patches. Try to stay away from long term contracts and choose a month to month option at least until you know how satisfactory the web host is going to be.


About the Author

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Dedicated Hosting

March 26, 2008

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Dedicated hosting is a system whereby the information on a website is stored and dispense on demand at a remote location, so that your website can be accessed at anytime, anywhere. It is a common phenomenon in the information age. Dedicated hosting means creating a site and making it available on the Internet. Websites with multiple numbers of pages, or commercial- and business-oriented ones, are hosted at different prices. Obviously, there has to be a registered domain name to run the related Website. The unprecedented reach of the World Wide Web has been a key issue for a major shift in the whole scenario of business and corporate deals. There are a number of domains that offer worthwhile hosting prices, allowing business firms to extend their marketing strategies to the Net.

A recent survey showed that the Web has helped firms who are into marketing and business gain a significant number of clients and customers. Cyberspace has the highest potential of contacting people the way the firms want. Dedicated hosting is offered by a number of organizations who usually provide full service to your business Website, including site designing (with the languages like PHP, ASP and others), programming, and other e-commerce facilities.

In the present day, all the dedicated hosting sites are being used as an online shop where the customer or client would have just as many options as in a brick-and-mortar store. These Websites can also help in online shopping, which means one can shop on the Net and find the products they want to buy.

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Dedicated Server Hosting: The Features And Benefits Of Using Dedicated Servers

March 17, 2008

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You’ve come a long way from your fledgling website that only got two hundred hits per month. You now have a three hundred page monster on its way to getting millions of hits per month. You’re going to need a better hosting plan than you had before. A much better hosting plan.

Sure, your shared hosting plan worked fine in the past. Ok, well, not counting those intermittent down-times and oh yeh, that other time when someone (one of your competitors, maybe, but most likely an ex-girlfriend) figured out your account password and deleted your entire website. But that simply will not do for your website as it is now. You’ve invested too much time and money into this project and its finally starting to yield some results. There is absolutely no question about it: you need to find and review dedicated server plans and choose the right one fast!

A dedicated server is itself, the physical piece of hardware that your hosting provider rents to you. It has its own processor, hard drives(s), Random Access Memory (RAM) and bandwidth capability. Your website and its associated software will be hosted exclusively on this dedicated server’s hard drives. Dedicated servers allow you to install and run almost any program. They additionally allow other users, whom you have given access, the ability to connect to your dedicated hosting server and use those same programs at the same time you do. This has made dedicated servers very popular amongst internet gamers. Dedicated gaming servers offer all the same features of regular dedicated hosting servers but they are intended for less serious pursuits.

But what are the other benefits of utilizing dedicated servers? That’s certainly a valid question considering that dedicated server hosting costs significantly more than shared or virtual hosting plans. But with the increased cost comes features and benefits that are significantly worth it.

There are many benefits of using dedicated server hosting for your high traffic, software intensive website or gaming application. We’ve listed the most important below to steer you in the right direction.

Customization: Most dedicated server hosting plans allow you to fully customize or build your own dedicated server. You can therefore select and pay for only the features which you will require. You often will get your choice of operating system software (Windows Server Edition & Linux Redhat being the most popular options). Your choice of such software should be informed by considering which system your web applications will run best on. A major selling point with dedicated hosting plans is also which control panel to use. Plesk and Cpanel control panels are the most popular choices. Both will allow the hosting of multiple domains and websites but Plesk control panels have proven more popular largely because of their ease of use and their ability to facilitate event management, Postgre SQL, Support Ticketing Systems, various Language Packs and advanced dedicated game server hosting.

Reliability: Because your website or application is hosted exclusively on this dedicated server, you don’t run the risk of the server being congested by requests for other people’s websites or applications. On a shared hosting plan, the speed at which your web application loads is dependent upon how much traffic other websites that are on the same shared hosting server are getting. This causes slow loading times for high traffic websites and other websites that share a server with them. Dedicated server hosting avoids all this by affording your web application exclusive bandwidth. Shared hosting is also risky because you have no idea who is uploading what to the same server that you are hosted on. John in Nantucket might be uploading a web application containing an as yet unidentified virus that deletes everything it touches. If your website resides on the same server as John’s, then, to put it technically, you’re screwed. Dedicated hosting avoids all this and lets you sleep a little easier at night.

Security: No one else has access to your server but you. You are responsible for all its contents so there is no possibility of viruses or other malicious software unless you put them there. Additionally, most dedicated server plans come with the option of an external firewall so you can better enforce your specified access rights.

Unique IP Address: All dedicated servers have their own unique IP address so the IP address of your domain points only to your website. Shared hosting plans assign 1 IP address to every domain and website hosted on that particular server. Website traffic is then directed by host-header-reading software installed on the server. This process is usually very quick but can be slowed down on a congested shared server. Your dedicated server will have its own unique IP address which can only point to your website or web application. No header-reading software is needed to slow down the loading process (unless you decide to host multiple websites).

Upgrades, Upgrades!: No doubt, your website will continue to grow and so will your budget. At anytime during your dedicated server hosting you can add more bandwidth, RAM and increase your processor speed. While some hosting providers will allow you to switch operating systems this is generally not recommended. Make your mind up in the beginning and stick to one OS. This will save you many hours of tedious software conversions and ?unexplained? downtimes.

Other Options:

o Hard Drive Arrangement: If you have opted to have two hard drives on your dedicated server then you can arrange them in one of two ways: Raid 1 or Raid 2. Raid 1 or disk mirroring, allows you to select one hard drive as your primary ?work from? hard drive while the other hard drive serves as an exact copy of the primary drive. This is very important if your web application will contain highly sensitive data relating to your customers or any other unique information. If you are not particularly concerned with this kind of back-up utility you may opt for a Raid 2 configuration in which there is a primary hard drive with the secondary drive being used once the primary storage becomes full. The Raid hard drive arrangements make dedicated server hosting many times more reliable than regular non dedicated server hosting.

o FTP Backup: The best dedicated hosting providers will additionally provide an FTP back-up account for your account. You can mirror vital content that is already on your dedicated hosting server in that account.

The benefits of dedicated server hosting are clear. Armed with this knowledge feel free to look around for the cheapest dedicated hosting providers. A reliable dedicated hosting company will provide you with all the above-mentioned options to ensure that your mega website and games are always up and running. Remember, choose only those options which you need in a reliable dedicated server. There is no hard and fast rule for what constitutes reliable dedicated servers : you must carefully decide which options are best suited for the applications which you intend to run. A low cost dedicated server that has all the bandwidth, space and security features to run your programs effectively is the perfect upgrade from a non dedicated server hosting plan. Your dedicated hosting server is yours to customize so do it wisely and cost effectively.

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Dedicated Hosting Servers

March 15, 2008

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Dedicated hosting servers are specialized computer servers or storage units that are stationed somewhere away from or at your office. They are extremely helpful in that they can hold and operate datat that you need for a given website or application, without slowing anything else down. One can understand the significance of the cyber technology that has become a crucial part of our daily lives. There has been a major increase in the number of Websites. Jobs that were dependant on the physical presence of the customer or the client in an office or service center can now be done over the Internet. Dedicated servers offer faster processing and more disk space and RAM than shared hosting. A dedicated server not only allows an individual or user to customize and individualize settings for their unique requirements, it also augments all kinds of Web-based works with faster delivery and maximum performance.

There are many Web hosting providers who have quality operating system servers to ensure the proficiency of your business and the necessary programs to run it. The most trustworthy are those who provide a Linux operating system. For the past few years there has been a gradual shift from Microsoft Windows operating systems to Linux. This is because Linux has a certain number of advantages compared to Windows. For one, Linux is far less likely to be infected by a virus. Getting a Linux operating system can be of immense benefit to the concerned individual who wants to set up his or her own business on the Web.

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Managed Hosting

March 12, 2008

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Managed Hosting

by: Nitin Jain

Managed hosting is a dedicated server that is accompanied by a full suite of technical support, maintenance and monitoring services. This differs from dedicated Web hosting, where customers are provided with their own servers but are still responsible for virtually all administrative and maintenance duties.

Managed hosting are meant for those websites that are designed to host busy e-commerce sites and dynamic, database driven Web pages. Perfect for organizations that dont have the time or capital to invest in server administration.

MANAGED SERVER = DEDICATED SERVER + COMPLETE SUPPORT TO SERVER ADMINISTRATION

A managed server will come equipped with all the features of a dedicated server, plus instead of leaving most of the administrative tasks to the customer, a managed provider will typically handle that as well.

Many companies will often assign you a dedicated service representative who will cater only to you and a handful of other accounts. This support also comes in the form of proprietary control panel technology that enables the inexperienced administrator to easily set up and maintain sites on a server. This is achieved through an intuitive and user friendly point and click method rather than by typing complicated commands at a prompt line.

Hosting companies offer a supplementary suite of features and services that related to managed hosting, including application and database management, high-availability services and load balancing. These hosting companies will back up their services with performance guarantees and Service Level Agreements.

Unmanaged services, on the other hand, give the customer complete remote server administration capability and freedom. The downside to this is that unmanaged servers require a large amount of time and technical expertise, as the customer is ultimately responsible for the instillation and management of the server - not the Web host. For this reason, unmanaged servers are only recommended for individuals and companies with extensive server administration resources or expertise, as well as a significant amount of time available to take care of the server.

Conclusion on managed hosting

If you’re unsure about which service to choose, give serious consideration to choosing a managed server. While taking the managed route is more expensive, it is also much more reassuring for the inexperienced administrator. Remember, you can always downgrade your account to an unmanaged service later, once you’ve acquired some expertise in server administration. Though once you opt for the personal attention you will receive through a managed host, you might think twice of turning into an unmanaged service later on.

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Dedicated Internet Hosting

March 9, 2008

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The field of Internet Hosting is fast evolving and new developments are taking place with every passing day. Gone are the days when companies were satisfied with just having their presence on the Internet. Nowadays, business owners, who have an online presence, are looking for better services, traffic management, and higher bandwidth allotment to attract more customers to their website. Dedicated Internet Hosting satisfies all their demands and does much more.

When a customer opts for Dedicated Internet Hosting, an entire server is allotted to the customer’s website. Here, unlike the shared servers, the hosting firm provides for server, rack space, uninterrupted power supply, server monitoring, hardware maintenance etc. In case of hardware failures, the hosting firm will even replace the hardware.

Even though the cost involved is on the higher side, Dedicated Internet Hosting provides many advantages over traditional shared hosting. A dedicated server can easily withstand high and unexpected traffic to the client’s website. For example, if a client is planning a promotional event, which generates heavy traffic on the website, a shared hosting server may not be able to handle it. But a dedicated server can easily take the heat. Also, there’s no concern over sharing traffic space.

When a dedicated server is allotted to a user, he has complete control over the server. This includes the choice of operating system, hardware etc. However, the administration part is still in the hands of hosting firm, which means in case of a server meltdown, the hosting company is responsible for getting back on track.

A dedicated server means a client can install third-party software to improve performance?not possible on a shared server with other clients to consider. Also, a dedicated server is more secure than a shared server. For those to whom security is a top priority, dedicated servers are imperative.

Although costs appear to be high at the outset, in the long run, dedicated servers prove their worth. If quality matters, then it’s time to go for a dedicated server.

Switch to Dedicated Hosting for Expanded Service

March 6, 2008

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A serious online business needs dedicated hosting, there’s no doubt about it. Having your own privacy and bandwidth which is not shared with anybody is a requirement when your business gets to a certain level. The standard definition of dedicated hosting is having an entire server which is at your disposal, as the web site owner, and which is not shared with other web sites.

This indeed has far more advantages than shared hosting the web site owner has full control over his own server, including customizing the operating system, hardware, database, etc. You can personalize everything according to your feelings, while the administration is handled by the hosting company.

The most important advantage of using dedicated hosting is that your website performance will not be affected by other websites which you would have been sharing your server’s bandwidth with on a standard, shared server. Dedicated hosting provides an exclusive server or servers devoted to the only purpose of serving exclusively you.

Before the existence of dedicated servers, a website owner had two basic hosting options, the low-priced shared hosting model and the premium-priced dedicated server. A web site owner who purchased space on a shared host would receive a certain amount of disk space and monthly transfer, and would have the web site served from a common web server.

The hosting company would try to provide the web site developer with many options, in order to make their products more popular. Unfortunately, a customer who needed a non-standard program installed was not allowed to do that, even with all the efforts from the hosting company. This is because you depended on other persons, and in these cases majority decides.

As a basic example, you might have a site which requires a database to store your important pieces of information. Most hosting companies would provide the MySQL database to use on their servers, because it is a standard and most webmasters use it. If your application requires another type of database though, then it could prove to be incompatible with the shared hosting account.

Hosting your sites on a dedicated server is not an option from the start though. If you plan on designing a site which is merely a hobby, then shared hosting should do the trick. Dedicated hosting is for persons who want to make a living online and, moreover, their site begins to have too much traffic than a shared server can handle.

While dedicated servers can be customized and can handle a tremendous amount of traffic, their superior performance doesn’t come cheap. On average, a dedicated server can cost you hundreds of dollars per month depending on its size, network connectivity, etc.

That’s why, first of all, you need to be sure that you want to take your business the next level, and you really need your company to grow. If this is your case, dedicated hosting is indeed your best option.

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Different Types Of Web Hosting

March 4, 2008

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With the way the whole world has gone internet inclined these days, people now realize having a web presence is a necessity and not a luxury. Having a website is great as it presents or showcases your products or services to the whole world with a single click. Being able to reach millions all over is a thing that will definitely give your business or personality a boost. But it is not enough have a website you must make sure you have the right kind of web hosting.

Web hosting simply refers to a service that hosts your website, making it accessible to people interested in what you have to say or sell. There are different types of web hosting so you need to familiarize yourself with the different types and what makes each unique to really know the best web hosting that will suit your needs.

Shared Hosting

This is definitely one of the cheapest from of web hosting. Why is it Cheap? It is run in a certain way that makes sit possible for different clients to share the same server, hence the name, Shared Hosting.

With Shared hosting your website is hosted on a server that is shared by other customers, hosting company will be the one to manage and monitor the server providing what it takes to make sure all is up and running always. All you have to do is to sign up with the web host; they handle the customer support and maintenance of the server.

Shared Hosting is affordable but you must be sure that the hosting package you web hosting company is providing you actually supports what you need, scripting languages, applications, control panel etc. This is why before going for shared hosting you need consider another type of hosting, dedicated web hosting

Dedicated Web Hosting

Compared to shared hosting, dedicated web hosting is more sophisticated, unlike the situation in shared hosting where different people share the same server. In dedicated hosting you are allowed to rent an entire server and use it all by yourself. You are also given access to all the resources, giving you the ability to host more than one website

Dedicated hosting is designed to give customers a better form of hosting as one customer gets to use a server that could have been shared by many; this gives the customer more reliable hosting service. There are several web hosting companies offering top web hosting solutions at affordable rates. However it is always better to read several web hosting reviews before you select any hosting companies.

Windows Web Hosting

Apart from choosing a type of web hosting based on sharing a server or using one all by your self, you also need to consider what kind of platform the package the hosting service is offering you supports. The common ones are Windows and Linux. Windows web hosting will support features the windows platform while Linux web hosting will support the Linux platform.

Ecommerce Web Hosting

It is also necessary to know what purpose your website will serve before choosing a top web hosting service. Is the website for personal or business use? What type of web hosting service best suits you? Ecommerce web hosting comes with ecommerce tools that will enable you to do business easily on the internet.

Whatever form of hosting you choose, shared hosting or dedicated web hosting, make sure that you take your time to check out what will work best for your kind of website or websites.

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