The Differences Between Web Hosting Servers
By
Staff
A web hosting company provides
a service to individuals and companies to post
their website on the Internet. There are two
main servers of web hosting services that you
can use. These are shared servers and dedicated
servers, and they are categorized by how much
control and responsibility that the user wants
to have to make sure that everything runs
smoothly and consistently on their website.
Shared Servers
This is a
service where, as it implies, there are many
users that share a single server. Most of the
time, beginners, small businesses, and
individuals are the ones who usually choose to
use this type of web hosting. A shared sever
supplies them with the small amount of bandwidth
and web space they will need. Most of the time
these users do not expect too much traffic flow
to their site, and
shared servers are perfect
for that.
The host provider of the
shared server is the one who will take care of
everything to keep your website up and running.
They maintain the server, the installation of
all the software, security updates, and whatever
else is needed in running everything smoothly.
They do this with a control panel that governs
the overall server.
Linux and Windows platforms
are supported by shared servers providing that
they have the most compatible updated
requirements. Full facilities of Windows web
hosting can not be provided by all web hosting
services. There are, however, two methods that
can carry this out, either name based or IP
(Internet Protocol) web hosting. Many names can
be used with just one IP with name based
hosting, but a different IP is given to each
website with IP based hosting.
Dedicated Servers
The major
difference between shared and dedicated
web hosting
is that a dedicated server allows the user to
use a single server all to himself. This will
enable the user to have more than one website if
they so choose and nobody else's website will
share this server. This type of server is used
by big companies that expect to get a very large
flow of traffic on their site. A great example
of this would be Wal-Mart, which serves people
from all over the world. They need to have a
server all to their self in order to keep their
site working smooth. They will also need this
type of server, because they have to secure
information for the people who make purchases on
their site.
Also with a dedicated server,
you will have complete control and
responsibility to run your website smoothly and
consistently. Because you have total control,
you will need to be able to monitor and fix any
problems that occur. This is why big companies
will be able to use this type of hosting,
because they will be able to hire a professional
to take care of all of this, whereas any
individual, who is not a professional and can't
perform this task, may not have the funds to
hire a professional.
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