Want a website! Most website companies now days provide the clients with hosting solutions inbuild in their packages. They might tell the customer that they provide unlimited hosting free with the website package the customer has selected. But is it true?
Does the customer really need an unlimited webspace on a shared server or is there a thing like this first?
For this question to be answered we need to first understand the difference between Shared, VPS Virtual private server and Dedicated Server
Shared server is a web hosting server a little powerful than your home based desktop on which sometimes 100s of website similar to yours are stored. They are allocated specific space on the server harddisk and are bound by the physical limitations of the server's hardware capabilities. In shared server the space is limited by the harddisk number and thus can slow the performance of your website.
VPS or Virtual Private Server means a server which is hosted on multiple platforms and your website or application is shared on these multiple platforms. This server might be confused with a Cloud server by some "Intelligent" service providers, but it is not.For more information about "Cloud Server" I will write a different Blog.
VPS reduces the fetching time of your web application and database and thus is faster compared to Shared server. Being on multiple platforms means but with similar configuration means that it can give speed to your website without compromising on the space issue.
Dedicated Server is the big daddy of "Physical Server space" in the industry. Here actually the customer hires complete server space for their websites or applications The client or the user has complete control over the harddisk space available on the server and how they want it to be divided into application and database lairs of the system. The system can be controlled for speed and access specifications of the website thus the user has control on how fast he wants his website to be displayed. Dedicated servers are the costliest of all the mentioned catagories, but are most recommended for large web portals and web applications.
Both VPS as well as Dedicated Servers can be issued with SSL certificates for security reasons. Even shared servers can be given SSL certificates but are not recommended.
Thus based on your requirements select well between Shared, VPS and Dedicated servers
Does the customer really need an unlimited webspace on a shared server or is there a thing like this first?
For this question to be answered we need to first understand the difference between Shared, VPS Virtual private server and Dedicated Server
Shared server is a web hosting server a little powerful than your home based desktop on which sometimes 100s of website similar to yours are stored. They are allocated specific space on the server harddisk and are bound by the physical limitations of the server's hardware capabilities. In shared server the space is limited by the harddisk number and thus can slow the performance of your website.
VPS or Virtual Private Server means a server which is hosted on multiple platforms and your website or application is shared on these multiple platforms. This server might be confused with a Cloud server by some "Intelligent" service providers, but it is not.For more information about "Cloud Server" I will write a different Blog.
VPS reduces the fetching time of your web application and database and thus is faster compared to Shared server. Being on multiple platforms means but with similar configuration means that it can give speed to your website without compromising on the space issue.
Dedicated Server is the big daddy of "Physical Server space" in the industry. Here actually the customer hires complete server space for their websites or applications The client or the user has complete control over the harddisk space available on the server and how they want it to be divided into application and database lairs of the system. The system can be controlled for speed and access specifications of the website thus the user has control on how fast he wants his website to be displayed. Dedicated servers are the costliest of all the mentioned catagories, but are most recommended for large web portals and web applications.
Both VPS as well as Dedicated Servers can be issued with SSL certificates for security reasons. Even shared servers can be given SSL certificates but are not recommended.
Thus based on your requirements select well between Shared, VPS and Dedicated servers
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