In todays era of technology where most of the organization whether big or small have their own website. Some websites attract a huge traffic whereas other have very less. The increasing traffic on websites have some negative impact on their performance and speed.
The reduced performance and speed also results in low rankings in major search engines. So the organizations apply various techniques such as changing the settings, using a CDN, caching and optimizing the content to improve the performance, speed and SEO ranking of their websites.
A dedicated server refers to rented use of a computer in the premises of a web hosting company which consists of a web server, a software and an internet connection. When you buy a dedicated server you lease a server box that is configured according to your preferences by the web hosting company. The web hosting company provides dedicated server to the client company. The client company can remotely access and operate the dedicated server. Using the dedicated server in the premises of web hosting company saves router, internet connection, security system and network administration costs.
A dedicated server is reserved for only for the client company. No other customer or company can access it or share its services. The client company has exclusive rights to their server’s bandwidth, memory and storage space.
Who should use a dedicated server?
Dedicated server is useful for companies who run very high traffic websites or applications and who prefer bandwidth, speed and consistent performance. The performance is not affected by the traffic or usage of other customers as seen in the normal hosting plans. A dedicated server can be used for different purposes such as gaming servers, database management and websites who run high traffic.
Benefits of dedicated server
- The server is dedicated to single client company. The client can avail and buy the features only which they need.
- Dedicated server provides stability to ensure that your website is functional at all
- Unlike shared hosting where you face congestion due to high traffic and usage of other websites, dedicated server protects you from the server congestion issues.
- The web hosting company provides you with security measures such as antivirus and firewall configurations.
- Some web hosting companies provides the support services which ensures that the site disruption is kept to a minimum.
Apart form all the benefits you should inquire and get ensured that the web hosting is providing all the services required by your company.