Virtual Dedicated Web Hosting

Virtual Dedicated Web Hosting 
By Michael Colucci, Sun Jan 1st 

Mostwebmasters on the net today are familiar with what the industrycalls "shared" web hosting accounts. A shared hosting account iswhere you rent a small amount of space on a server which isshared among many other users. 

This is a cheap way to get started online but it has manydisadvantages - you will encounter email delivery problemsbecause of spam complaints against other sites on the sameserver. You will find your site's grinding to a halt whensomeone else does some heavy database work on your server. Youmight even find your site going down because of a denial ofservice attack against someone else hosting hacking or piracyrelated material on your server (these type of sites attractantisocial elements!) 

How can you avoid all of this drama? 

By upgrading to a virtual dedicated server. A virtual dedicatedserver lets you run your sites as if you had your own"dedicated" server, except it is cheaper because you are reallyjust using part of a server that has been split into multiplevirtual dedicated servers. 

You can find out more about this by searching Google for"virtual dedicated hosting". Virtuozzo is the main commercialsoftware that web hosts use to run virtual hosting services. 

You will find virtual dedicated server accounts starting at just$30 a month. You'll get a much larger chunk of bandwidthcompared to shared hosting, and none of the problems that gowith a shared host. You can also get multiple IP addresses thatare exclusive to your sites. 

So what's the catch? Not much. You'll probably spend a bit moreon hosting each month. The main disadvantage of upgrading tovirtual dedicated hosting is that you will need to be moretechnically proficient so that you can administer the server. 

This requires a bit of time learning the necessary Linux skillsto make sure your server runs smoothly. 

Many hosting providers will have a "premium" support offeringthat includes a bit more hand holding - this is definitelyrecommended if you don't have much experience with Linux, or arenew to virtual dedicated hosting. 

With the increased speed and bandwidth that a virtual dedicatedhost offers, and none of the shared hosting headaches, the moveis one you will never regret. So, the question now becomes, areto ready and willing to take-on the challenge of virtualdedicated web hosting and save yourself some hard earned cash?The choice is yours..

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