"Dedicated is most often the preferred solution because it is the most reliable. As everything worth having, dedicated hosting comes at a price… Fundamentally it's your budget and expectations that are the defining factors dictating which solution is right for you"
Dedicated Server Hosting
Dedicated Server means exactly that. The server is dedicated to your company or organisation. All the servers resources are dedicated to your website or websites if you have multiple websites on the server.
Dusza always recommend dedicated solutions as the entry point for any website that is mission critical to the success of your company or organisation.
This is the ideal for any business who is serious about their online presence. Dedicated servers are custom built to a specification that is tailored to your needs.
Whilst the server is still only a single unit which does mean there is still a single point of failure, you get guaranteed fix times of an hour with hardware failures, 24/7/365 support and a bespoke back up solution.
With dedicated servers you can easily upscale to having additional redundancy be it a mirrored server or colocation.
What are the benefits of Dedicated Server Hosting?
The server resources are yours 100%. You will not have any other websites hosted on your server and so there is no sharing of resources.
Dedicated hosting offers:
- a more powerful hosting environment as the Server is specifically configured to your website's requirements.
- a more stable hosting environment because only necessary add-ons are installed solely for your website to use and there are no other draws on resources.
- a configurable backup allowance so that your website's database and file structure can be set to back up to the most optimal time interval.
- a more credible hosting solution and is seen as an industry standard.
- is appropriate for websites that are 100% mission critical to your business model as redundancy is available.
What are the problems of Dedicated Server Hosting?
The biggest consideration is redundancy. With a single dedicated server, there is a single point of failure, so if it goes down then there is no website.
Opting for two dedicated servers means that if one goes offline the other can step in and maintain your website.
The cost for a dedicated server is considerably more than either a Shared or VPS Hosting. But hosting really is one of those areas that you get what you pay for.
There are also set up fees for Dedicated Server hosting.
Dedicated Server Hosting - is it right for you?
Dedicated Hosting can offer websites total control and total peace of mind.
If you want total peace of mind or if your website is an ecommerce or an online management tool that is mission critical to the success of your company then this type of hosting is not only necessary but is the entry level standard.