Dedicated Server or Dedicated Hosting Service | Part 1

What Is A Dedicated Server Or A Dedicated Hosting Service?

A dedicated server or a dedicated hosting service is also called the managed hosting service. In this type of web hosting service, the web server is leased by one user only, and of course, is not shared with other websites belonging to other users. This makes the dedicated server the most powerful, flexible, secure, and reliable web hosting option for mainly the websites of commercial nature.

Normally a web hosting package shares the hosting of a website with lots of other websites on a web server, which also shares all its resources with them. This type of web hosting is called Shared Web Hosting. This is an affordable option for most of the webmasters of getting their websites on the internet.

For the more serious websites, both of personal as well as commercial types, this shared option is not feasible for many reasons, such as they need the complete resources of the web server to manage their website better, keep the site working online for a long time without stoppages, make it very secure and powerful, and use special hardware or software options if required by the website.

Although being a bit more expensive and the requirement of a management team, either using your own team or using the web host’s more experienced team, the dedicated server is the best option available today for hosting any website, and especially hosting a company’s website. As the world is moving towards serious online commerce or e-commerce as we know it, which ideally must work 24 x 7 x 365 online without malfunctioning, the e-commerce site needs special needs to conduct its commerce-related activities.

With the dedicated server, any organization gets a controlled platform for its important website or websites. This also includes the option of using any operating system that suits the e-commerce website’s needs, using special web applications that need plenty of server resources, the need to use additional hardwares, and manage and monitor the dedicated server with absolute precision. All these great options are, of course, not available with any other web hosting options, with the sole exception of using your own web servers as colocation web hosting service.

Even as the dedicated web hosting service is considered expensive compared to the other web hosting options, the reality is that it actually uses less overheads and provides a greater ROI.