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Different types of web hosting for your site - shared, VPS, cloud or dedicated

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Different types of web hosting for your site

If you're serious about creating a blog, you need to take your design, content and hosting seriously.

For the most part, people focus solely on their content when it comes to creating their blog, but how it is presented and whether or not the user can actually access your content in a timely manner is also of paramount importance.

We won't go into too much detail about blog design in this article, but we will explain your hosting options, because hosting is just one of the things most people think any old account will do, and in fact it's not.

If you want your blog to be successful, it needs to be hosted in a reliable place and have enough resources at your disposal to run and maintain your content properly.

The last thing you want to do is write a terrific article and not deliver it to the public. Below we'll talk about the hosting options available, as well as the pros and cons of each solution.

Cloud

When it comes to resources and having them at your disposal, there is no better solution than renting a vps server or cloud hosting. Cloud computing is a recent phenomenon, but cloud hosting is gaining notoriety for its ability to provide virtually limitless resources to anyone who requests them. You can get a general idea of it here, but I'll give you a brief description of what it is below.

Cloud hosting (and cloud computing in general) depends on the underlying computing power of your computer, which you can access if/when you need it.

You are not limited by the physical characteristics of an individual computer, such as a dedicated server, or the software limitations of a VPS. In short, cloud computing is shared computing power that is shared and distributed wherever you need it.

Simply put, imagine 20 web servers, all connected and sharing resources. At one end of the scale you have a client-serving website that only needs the resources of 1 machine, but at the other end of the scale you have a website that needs the resources of 19 machines.

The cloud solution supports this perfectly because resources are allocated and allocated efficiently based on who needs it most, all in real time. If a single-machine website suddenly needs more resources, the shared resources of the cloud will provide it.

Now imagine this on a much larger scale, with thousands of Web servers syncing and sharing resources depending on which site needs them most. This is the fundamental ideal of cloud hosting and cloud computing in general.

Cloud hosting works, with no limits, effectively take what you need. That's why it becomes a much more viable solution than working within a dedicated physical machine.

VPS (Virtual Private Server)

This is the closest thing to a dedicated server, without an actual physical machine. It acts/behaves just like a dedicated server, in the sense that the resources at your disposal are your resources that you can use exclusively, they are not used by other sites, such as with shared hosting, but you are limited to the physical resources of the machine.

Most people use VPS solutions because shared hosting is not enough, and in terms of price they provide a good middle ground between cheaper shared packages and more expensive dedicated server solutions.

VPS is software-based, which means it's a piece of software that controls the resources available to you, but you can fully customize the plan as if it were a real dedicated server. Because the windows VPS is software-driven, it makes it easy to update plans and packages because adding more disk space, more memory, and more bandwidth is all just a point and click from an administrator's perspective. It's all completely virtual, but, again, you're limited by the resources of the physical machine.

VPS solutions are for those who want full control of the server, full command line access, and all the resources at their disposal. You won't need a VPS solution for a regular blog unless you just need more resources than a traditional shared solution - but if you need resources, a VPS tends to be a little outdated, with which you will be much better off. 

Dedicated servers

A dedicated server is a dedicated physical machine whose sole purpose is to host your blog (or any other sites you choose to host). It does not share resources with other third-party websites, and the performance/resources are limited to what is on the physical computer.

It can be compared to your home desktop computer - whatever the spec, it is the spec, and there is no room for movement other than opening up the case and adding additional hardware.

Unfortunately, dedicated servers tend to go out of business, especially with the advent of the cloud, which has unlimited resources at its disposal. If you had the choice of limiting yourself to a strict spec machine or truly unlimited in terms of performance, you can imagine what most people would choose.

That being said, some people prefer the security of a dedicated server, and if you need server-side software that is not provided by your average cloud provider, you may find that a dedicated server is still a viable option.

For the most part, you can do what you like in terms of software and features, so if you have a very specific build, you need a full Apache configuration and you know what to do with the Linux shell, you might just find it a better option.

Conclusion

So all in all, regardless of the size of your blog, there are options. It is extremely important to choose a solution that fits your requirements and traffic level, otherwise you will have to pay for it.


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