1. For choosing the one which
is right for your business you need to understand the difference
between shared, co-located, unmanaged dedicated servers and
managed dedicated hostings.
Because of the variety of services and hosting categories
developed in the market, tt is become extremely important
to know the difference between the types of hosting and hosting
services offered.
When you are sharing one server with a number of other clients
of that company it is called as Shared
hosting also known as virtual
hosting. The management of the server is completely
done by the host even though you maintain your site and your
account. And thus the cost of these hostings are less as many
clients are paying for use of the server. However, their are
some side effcets of using such servers such as other companies
using the shared servers get the resources of that server
which can hammer the performance of our websites if one of
the other clients has heavy traffic on the server. Other disadvantage
of shared hosting is that you will not be able to install
special software programs other than supported by the servers
on these types of machines, as the host needs to maintain
a stable environment for all of his clients using the same
server.
Dell and HP are example of Co-located
hosting. When you buy a server from a hardware
vendor, as mentioned above, and then supply this server to
the host, it is called as Co-located hosting. The host plugs
your server into its network and its repititive power systems.
The host is only manages and keeps an eye on its network is
available, and you (who buys the server) are responsible for
all support and maintenance of your server. A good hosting
company offers management contracts to their co-location clients
to help their clients to outsource much of the support to
them and turn the arrangement similar to managed dedicated
hosting. The only diadvantage of these hosting is that most
co-location hosts do not offer this service.
Unmanaged dedicated hosting
and co-location hostings are almost similar. The only difference
is that in unmanaged dedicated hosting you hire a server from
a host and not purchase it. However before choosing such web
hosting plans you must be sure of the services they provide
as if they will provide security patches to your server or
not. Unmanaged dedicated hosting is good for gaming servers
(like Doom or Counterstrike servers) or hobbyist servers,
but not so promising for businesses as it may not provide
responsive, expert-level service.
When you hire a server from a host providing a robust level
of support and mainatinence on the server which is quality
guaranteed, it surely is said to be Managed
dedicated hosting. When you select managed
dedicated hosting for your business you get services like
server uptime monitoring, a hardware warranty, security patch
updates and more. However you must mention specifically about
these services offered by the hosting company you hire so
that you may not be led in disguise selecting managed dedicated
hosting services. | 
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