A dedicated server gives you full control over your website, unlike shared hosting environments. While more costly, dedicated servers offer greater performance, scalability, customization, and security for businesses or websites that demand it.
Hostwinds’ dedicated servers offer refreshing honesty, with high specifications designed to facilitate improved website performance and more secure environments. That is why we have included four reasons to consider dedicated hosting as part of your strategy:
Customization
For businesses requiring the ability to customize a server environment to meet their exact requirements, dedicated servers provide the perfect solution. Dedicated servers offer more customization than shared hosting; therefore, businesses using custom software, API-driven applications or eCommerce websites requiring SSL for credit card processing have greater peace of mind when choosing dedicated hosting over shared. In addition, dedicated hosting offers greater security as it removes the risk of your website being hacked by someone on a shared IP address.
Dependent upon your host, you may have the ability to select CPU cores, RAM memory limit and storage drive capacities that optimize performance for growing your business. In addition, dedicated server hosting specialists may provide premium support channels so any issues are quickly addressed; ensuring your website remains available and online for customers at all times. Dedicated servers also allow more flexibility for handling high traffic spikes while potentially speeding up page loads times.
Security
Dedicated servers are hosted in state-of-the-art data centers equipped with 24/7 security to combat cyber attacks and other risks, and provide industry-specific protocols that are ideal for businesses needing to abide by stringent compliance standards.
By having complete control of their server hardware and software configuration, users are able to optimize it for specific use cases – particularly useful for businesses utilizing unique programming languages or databases.
Dedicated servers also feature advanced security features, such as robust passwords and a policy of regularly changing passwords to help prevent unauthorized access to sensitive information such as customer or employee records. In addition, dedicated servers can be set up to verify new users with SMS or email before granting them access – helping reduce risks from hacker attacks or human mistakes that compromise security.
Reliability
When selecting a dedicated server hosting provider, be sure to consider their uptime guarantee. This is particularly important if you want your website to remain available all of the time and avoid revenue-losing downtime. Dedicated servers tend to cost more than shared options but in terms of improved performance and reliability can pay dividends over time.
An essential feature of a dedicated server is security. Many providers offer high-grade firewalls to safeguard your website and prevent hackers from accessing sensitive information, as well as multiple layers of protection such as RAID disk storage to keep data private and protected.
Many providers also provide physical locks on their equipment to minimize risk of unauthorised access and ensure HIPAA and PCI-DSS Compliance is upheld. Payment plans should also be carefully considered when choosing a dedicated server provider; seek companies offering monthly, quarterly or annual billing so as to suit your budget needs.
Flexibility
Dedicated server hosting provides businesses with more control than shared hosting when it comes to hardware and software configuration. Being able to tailor each dedicated server allows businesses to optimize the CPU, memory, and disk space according to specific business applications.
Dedicated hosting offers businesses in industries reliant on website uptime for conversions – such as healthcare, banking & finance or e-commerce – an advantage they do not enjoy with shared servers.
Many providers provide service level agreements based on network uptime. By employing redundant hardware and multiple quality up-link providers, most dedicated servers are guaranteed a 99.9% or higher uptime rating.
Dedicated hosting offers businesses an unrivaled bandwidth capacity, making it easier for businesses to manage online traffic spikes without experiencing unexpected throttling by their web host. Furthermore, dedicated servers come equipped with security features designed to assist businesses comply with industry regulations like HIPAA for healthcare or PCI DSS for e-commerce businesses and provide customers with control panels such as cPanel/WHM for Linux or Plesk/Webmatrix for Windows operating systems.
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