Dedicated VS Shared Website Hosing

What exactly is web hosting?

Web hosting is the process of making a website accessible to Internet users by storing it on a computer. Web hosting could be as easy as storing the website on a local desktop computer with web server software installed, or it could involve storing the website in a dedicated data center with redundant backup and load distribution.

What is the definition of a dedicated web server?

A data center often leases a dedicated server to a website owner on a monthly or annual basis. The site owner is responsible for the server’s maintenance and hosting one or more sites on it. Many website owners choose to pay for server management so they can concentrate on building and operating their online businesses.

As the server owner has complete control over which websites are hosted, sites hosted on a dedicated server are typically safer and perform better. In addition, the site owner can monitor the server’s performance and make any necessary software and hardware improvements.

Dedicated Server offers superior performance, control, and dependability.

The cost of renting and managing a dedicated server is a disadvantage of running your own server. To operate a dedicated server, the site owner must have access to a significantly higher level of knowledge. One should anticipate to pay between $60 and $100 per month for a basic dedicated server.

What is shared hosting for websites?

Shared website hosting providers often rent or own a dedicated server and distribute website space to numerous website owners. This is done primarily to reduce the expense of hosting individual websites. However, providers of shared website hosting host several websites for multiple owners on a single server. If the site owner is working with a respected organization that prioritizes performance and security, this is generally a safe method. However, problems arise when a hosting provider sacrifices server performance and security to increase profits. Spammers, hackers, and phishers frequently use inexpensive shared hosting servers to assault their victims. This typically causes unacceptable server loads and frequently renders the server unusable for other sites.

Another disadvantage of shard hosting is that the website owner does not have complete control over the server’s performance or software. This is typically done to boost server security, but it can be a hindrance for developers who need a variety of tools for their websites.

Hosting on a shared server is advantageous due to its low cost and low maintenance requirements. Even though there are numerous inexpensive and even free web hosting options available, one may expect to pay approximately $10 per month for 500MB of storage and 10 GB of website transfer.

What do we do?

Our Regina website hosting company, Look Matters (http://www.lookmatters.com), rents dedicated servers and hosts client websites on them. Therefore, we are a consumer of dedicated hosting and a provider of shared hosting. We only host websites that we design or that are for the residents of our community. This decision was made to reduce the possibility of hosting malicious websites on our servers. If a user does not comply with our security rules, we can disable their account and, in extreme situations, report them to the police if they are using our servers for unlawful activities. However, it would be difficult to defend this revenue model if we were solely a website hosting provider as opposed to a website design and hosting company.

When searching for a web host, one should ask a variety of issues concerning server location, security, backup, and performance. Be cautious of businesses and individuals who house their servers in their offices or homes. These servers are not protected against power outages, fires, theft, etc.