subject: Benefits Of Dedicated Servers [print this page] A dedicated server differs from a shared server in such a way that in a shared server, the server is shared with one person or with many other persons while in a dedicated server, an entire server is purchased or taken for lease by a person. Dedicated server hosts are not so costly comparing to its purpose and use which make many low cost dedicated server available in the market. A dedicated hosting makes your Java Application hosting, web hosting, email hosting, web development, Apache hosting, Tomcat hosting, enterprise hosting etc much more easier than in a shared server.
There are lots of advantages for a dedicated hosting server than a shared server. The major advantage of dedicated hosting server is that, it allows a user to use the complete resources of a particular server. Other advantages are the owner of a dedicated server can use the complete resource of that particular server such as RAM and Cache for his own need. Having full control over a server is like we have a high performing personal computer which we can use completely according to our wish. Having a dedicated server is a great responsibility too.
Even though a shared server is more than enough for a normal hosting purpose, hosting in dedicated server is a requirement for developing complex sites, websites that you have lot of visitors and also for websites that take lot of bandwidth. Before purchasing a dedicated server, you have to make sure that it supports all applications, especially web application support.
A dedicated server needs server administration which can be provided only by people with knowledge in server administration. Else the client needs to place his own server administrator or have to depend the server provider for add-on service. Usually all dedicated server providers offer add-on service along with other dedicated hosting services. Most dedicated servers comes with a Linux based dedicated hosting service even though there are windows based servers also. This make things more difficult for a client to manage for it requires a command based management which requires good command knowledge. This made the client without technical server expertise to have a person or a team with server administration ability.
