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If you run a business and want to reduce risk in terms of keeping your servers safe against physical damage, and cutting down on the risk of losing traffic because of a website that is unavailable or slow, then dedicated servers are the obvious choice for you.
Before getting into details, let's discuss what a dedicated server is exactly. See, your company website is typically going to be hosted on a server that needs to be provided by a web hosting company. Of course, the server is going to host other websites as well. This low cost option is the perfect choice for personal websites, and small companies, but there are major risks for medium and large scale companies with this hosting approach. With so many sites hosted on a single server, low downtimes are a significant issue - an issue that businesses just cannot keep up with. On the other hand, a custom dedicated server is going to be for you and you alone.
Consider the risk to your revenue
Let's imagine a situation where your website brings in substantial revenue to your company on a daily basis. Now, suppose that your site will be unavailable for about 12 hours - how much money are you going to lose? If you are fine with losing all that money during the 12 hours of down time, then you don't really need to stress out about your hosting services. However, if you believe that this particular downtime is going to cause a major loss, then it is necessary for you to stick to the utilization of a dedicated server. However, if you aren't upgrading to a dedicated managed server just because of the initial cost factor involved, then give due consideration to the amount of money that you will be able to save in the long run, rather than thinking of the initial cost of getting your system upgraded.
Server overload and bad scripts are a thing of the past
When it comes to a shared server, the activities of the other sites that are using the same server are going to have an impact on yours. Two of the many different factors that have the potential to impact your website are overload and bad scripts. When a server gets overloaded, it is going to make your website run very slowly, and at some point or the other, your site just might end up getting crashed during peak periods.
However, when it comes to dedicated servers, no one apart from you will be using it, so external factors are not going to have an impact on its performance. You have the potential to schedule maintenance during low traffic periods, thereby making sure that your site is performing to its best during peak periods. Moreover, you also get to choose what hardware you wish to use, with the necessary memory and bandwidth, thereby helping you make sure that your server will be able to put up with demand. You will also be granted full administrator access to the server.
Before getting into details, let's discuss what a dedicated server is exactly. See, your company website is typically going to be hosted on a server that needs to be provided by a web hosting company. Of course, the server is going to host other websites as well. This low cost option is the perfect choice for personal websites, and small companies, but there are major risks for medium and large scale companies with this hosting approach. With so many sites hosted on a single server, low downtimes are a significant issue - an issue that businesses just cannot keep up with. On the other hand, a custom dedicated server is going to be for you and you alone.
Consider the risk to your revenue
Let's imagine a situation where your website brings in substantial revenue to your company on a daily basis. Now, suppose that your site will be unavailable for about 12 hours - how much money are you going to lose? If you are fine with losing all that money during the 12 hours of down time, then you don't really need to stress out about your hosting services. However, if you believe that this particular downtime is going to cause a major loss, then it is necessary for you to stick to the utilization of a dedicated server. However, if you aren't upgrading to a dedicated managed server just because of the initial cost factor involved, then give due consideration to the amount of money that you will be able to save in the long run, rather than thinking of the initial cost of getting your system upgraded.
Server overload and bad scripts are a thing of the past
When it comes to a shared server, the activities of the other sites that are using the same server are going to have an impact on yours. Two of the many different factors that have the potential to impact your website are overload and bad scripts. When a server gets overloaded, it is going to make your website run very slowly, and at some point or the other, your site just might end up getting crashed during peak periods.
However, when it comes to dedicated servers, no one apart from you will be using it, so external factors are not going to have an impact on its performance. You have the potential to schedule maintenance during low traffic periods, thereby making sure that your site is performing to its best during peak periods. Moreover, you also get to choose what hardware you wish to use, with the necessary memory and bandwidth, thereby helping you make sure that your server will be able to put up with demand. You will also be granted full administrator access to the server.
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