Everyone knows that dedicated servers are preferable over the shared option. It’s like comparing a home to an apartment or your own car to the city bus. However, a lot of people are caught on the fence when trying to decide between the two. If you don’t get the kind of traffic that necessitates a dedicated server, it may seem like you’re paying extra for very little in return. Well, here are three benefits you may not be familiar with to help make your mind.
Custom Options
A lot of people don’t realize how much room they have to augment their hosting when they go with a dedicated option. Simply put, you don’t have to go with the one size fits all approach. Instead, you can add any number of features to your server or strip away ones you find unnecessary. The end result is a hosting solution that fits your needs like a glove.
Better Security
The improved security you get from a dedicated server is almost enough reason to switch over to one all on its own. Even if you don’t need more room or any of the other benefits on this list, just knowing your digital presence will be more secure might be worth it all by itself.
When you’re on a shared server, you really have no idea which other companies are making use of it. You could be sharing that server with spammers or malicious websites. As such, when they finally get brought to justice, the server you share with them will most likely get brought down too. While it will only be temporary, your site has become compromised.
The importance of reliable security can never be overestimated, but if you’re running an eCommerce website that involves sensitive transactions like SSL and FTP, you’re going to want a dedicated server to help you sleep at night.
A Unique IP Address
Along the same lines, by paying for a dedicated server, you’ll also be buying a unique IP address. This is important because, again, you don’t know whom you’re sharing your address with if you are on a shared server. If it’s an adult website or a spam operator, that could actually end up hurting your page rank. All of your SEO work will come up short simply because of a random placement on a server in your host’s collection.
Dedicated servers are a resource everyone with a web presence should look into and invest in if possible. While there are many reasons for this, the three above don’t get the attention they deserve. If you’d like more help better understanding them, please call us today.
ServerPronto offers the best affordable and secure hosting service in all dedicated server packages.
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