As a business owner, one of the most important things you look at when you buy something is how reliable it is. It’s the same for hosting sites. You want to buy a hosting service for your website, and one of the most important things to you is how reliable the service is. This is because you trust the service to not only keep your website up and running 24 hours a day, seven days a week, but also to make sure it loads quickly, no matter how much traffic there is.
At HostDistrict, we know how important it is for you to choose a hosting service that you can trust. Every hosting company says that all of their plans are reliable, but the truth is that even within the same company, some plans are more reliable than others. There are changes in efficiency that go along with changes in stability.
Let us look at the options more closely and find out which option is the best.
Reliability of Shared Hosting
When you want to look for a new hosting service for any website, the first option you would find is shared hosting. It is the cheapest and most affordable plan in the hosting industry.
But being affordable and being reliable are not the same thing.
When you purchase shared hosting, your website will be hosted on a shared server. A shared server, as its name suggests, is shared by multiple websites. One of the biggest problems with a shared server is that its performance cannot be constant. If a website that is hosted on the same server as you starts getting a lot of traffic, all the resources will be directed towards improving its performance.
Also, there is no way of monitoring what kind of websites are running alongside your website on the same server. This might make your website prone to a DDoS attack, which is a form of cyberattack where all the data is stolen.
You might be using your website to generate revenue and grow your business, but other users might be using it for spamming.
It should be a security concern, because when the IP is traced back, it will be the same for all the websites because the server is the same. It might result in your IP getting blocked or blacklisted, resulting in a loss of users and revenue.
Reliability of VPS Hosting
A VPS, or ‘Virtual Private Server’, is a bit more expensive than shared hosting. Two options are provided when buying VPS hosting. These are managed VPS and unmanaged VPS. A managed VPS is managed by the tech team provided by the hosting company and is the more expensive of the two options.
An unmanaged VPS is not under the control of any company-provided tech team. You have to either hire an external management team or manage the server yourself if you want to save money. An unmanaged VPS is chosen either by a person who has a dedicated tech team or is experienced enough to handle the problems that arise in server management.
If anybody does not know how to keep the server running at all times and keep server issues to a minimum, it is suggested that they opt for a managed VPS.
Setting up a VPS, managed or unmanaged, is quite simple. You just have to list down all the requirements, and a machine will be ready for your website, carrying all the specifications you requested. /
VPS has many benefits over shared hosting. One of the benefits is that the server is used to host only one website per server. This results in the best performance for the website and guarantees the best user experience.
Another benefit is that you can even choose the software that you want to install on your server.
But it is not advised to get unmanaged VPS hosting because it is exactly like a big metal box. You will have to do all the installation work manually to make this server and its hardware usable.
This puts you in the front seat of managing the server and maintaining it by updating the software and applications on a regular basis. You have to update the software, keep it up-to-date, and configure it so it provides the best performance and security.
As with a managed VPS, you won’t have to worry about these applications and their updates. It will be handled by the technical team, but you can still see what is going on with your server. You can dedicate this time to work on your website and make the user experience better.
Reliability of Dedicated Server Hosting
A dedicated server is exactly like a VPS, but on a much larger scale. The server is a physical machine where all the hardware and software are installed. This machine acts as a server. It is placed in a data centre, where thousands of other machines are also located. A dedicated server is the most expensive hosting server you can opt for, but it has many benefits that can make you feel like you are not burning your money.
First things first, it provides you with a dedicated IP address, like a VPS. A dedicated server only hosts one website, which is best for the performance of the website. But, in cases of hardware failure, the website experiences downtime until the issue is resolved. The issue is resolved by the tech team, and you won’t have to worry about resolving the issue yourself, but you are bound to lose money when this happens.
The dedicated server is the most expensive hosting server on the market. You don’t need to buy it if you think it is expensive.
Conclusion
Any website hosting service will work if the company is ready to help you set up the server and show you how to keep it running. HostDistrict believes in giving you full help to make sure your hosting experience goes smoothly. For companies like yours, VPS does the job best, in our opinion. It works well, doesn’t cost as much as a dedicated server, is safe like a dedicated server, and is safer than a shared server.
But it’s important to fully assess your website’s needs. As far as scaling goes, both VPS and dedicated servers let you change the resources if your website’s traffic grows or if it’s not running as well as it should.
You might also want to look into using a cloud computer for hosting. You can read this and make up your own mind about what a cloud computer is. Your choice of hosting is very important to the success of your website, and HostDistrict is here to help you every step of the way.
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