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Most webmasters
on the net today are familiar with what the
industry calls "shared" web hosting accounts.
A shared hosting account is where you rent a
small amount of space on a server which is
shared among many other users.
This is a cheap way to get started online but
it has many disadvantages - you will encounter
email delivery problems because of spam
complaints against other sites on the same
server. You will find your site's grinding to
a halt when someone else does some heavy
database work on your server. You might even
find your site going down because of a denial
of service attack against someone else hosting
hacking or piracy related material on your
server (these type of sites attract antisocial
elements!)
How can you avoid all of this drama?
By upgrading to a virtual dedicated server. A
virtual dedicated server lets you run your
sites as if you had your own "dedicated"
server, except it is cheaper because you are
really just using part of a server that has
been split into multiple virtual dedicated
servers.
You can find out more about this by searching
Google for "virtual dedicated hosting".
Virtuozzo is the main commercial software that
web hosts use to run virtual hosting services.
You will find virtual dedicated server
accounts starting at just $30 a month. You'll
get a much larger chunk of bandwidth compared
to shared hosting, and none of the problems
that go with a shared host. You can also get
multiple IP addresses that are exclusive to
your sites.
So what's the catch? Not much. You'll probably
spend a bit more on hosting each month. The
main disadvantage of upgrading to virtual
dedicated hosting is that you will need to be
more technically proficient so that you can
administer the server.
This requires a bit of time learning the
necessary Linux skills to make sure your
server runs smoothly.
Many hosting providers will have a "premium"
support offering that includes a bit more hand
holding - this is definitely recommended if
you don't have much experience with Linux, or
are new to virtual dedicated hosting.
With the increased speed and bandwidth that a
virtual dedicated host offers, and none of the
shared hosting headaches, the move is one you
will never regret. So, the question now
becomes, are to ready and willing to take-on
the challenge of virtual dedicated web hosting
and save yourself some hard earned cash? The
choice is yours...
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Ian Del Carmen is an online business
professional running his main site at
http://www.ianDelCarmen.com. His other
sites include
http://TheOnlineBusinessProfessional.com,
http://MobileEbooks.net,
http://InfoProductLaboratory.com, and many
more...
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