dedicated server

27th May 2024

What’s the difference between a dedicated server and a virtual private server?

A dedicated server and a virtual private server (VPS) are two types of website hosting solutions. In dedicated hosting, you can rent an entire physical server to host your website. The web hosting provider gives you exclusive access to the entire physical server. However, this solution is expensive and often unnecessary for most organizations. Because of hardware advancements, a physical server has the computing capacity to do much more than host a single website. Instead of overprovisioning resources, you can use a VPS that provides a dedicated environment more cost-effectively. It’s called virtual because it consumes only a portion of the server’s […]
16th November 2021

Dedicated Server Hosting: the Pros and Cons

The range of hosting options has become bewilderingly complex during the past few years. The basics are simple: a computing device has software installed which can respond to a networking event such as a request for a webpage. How that hardware and software are installed, configured, organised, packaged, promoted and sold is the primary difference between all hosting options. A dedicated server is the easiest option to comprehend. Imagine you bought a PC from your local store, connected it to your home network, installed webserver software and configured the DNS appropriately. That device would be able to run your website […]