Should I use dedicated server hosting?

10 years ago

In my opinion, I'd stick with shared hosting so long as it's performing well...in other words your site is up 99.9% of the time, etc. And it also depends on the type of traffic you are receiving or expecting. If you are hosting video streaming, PDF downloads, or a database, dedicated hosting can definitely help if you get the right type of server.

I would not put a huge priority on it based on what you said, rather I'd invest the money I might put into dedicated hosting into marketing and maybe an upgraded autoresponder plan. When you start getting more than around 200 to 400 UNIQUE real visitors a day, then start shopping.

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redness44

10 years ago

Thanks a ton John.

That's exactly the kind of advice I was looking for.

If I'm going for SEO traffic then how much do you think my page rank will be affected by the slow site speed?

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Ben Holmes 10 years ago

Originally Posted by redness44

If I'm going for SEO traffic then how much do you think my page rank will be affected by the slow site speed?

Quite a bit, in my opinion.

Look at it from the search engine's point of view... they want to send people to the very best choices for the search term entered, right?

It's in the best interest of the search engine to send a visitor to the very best choice.

Now, what happens when a page takes longer than 2 seconds to load? You start getting bounces.

Search engines see that... they now know that the choice they sent the visitor to... isn't the best choice. So that website moves down in the rankings.

And base ONLY ON THE LOADING SPEED, and no other consideration whatsoever.

So yes, website load speed is a serious SEO consideration. I use WebPagetest - Website Performance and Optimization Test for my testing, but there are other website page loading test sites... pick one and see how you stand.
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- redness44 10 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Ben Holmes
  
  Quite a bit, in my opinion.
  
  Those were my thoughts too. Which is why I was considering this move. But considering the above comments I think I'm better off at the moment just working on my content and other elements before I tackle that expense.
  
  Thank you for answering my question.
  
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Jack Gordon

10 years ago

Before going dedicated, the next step up would be VPS, for mid-$$

But I agree, that does not seem to be your burning priority at the moment. Work on your model, your traffic, your flow.

You'll know you are ready to upgrade when the pain of accommodating your existing traffic on the current system is greater than the pain of spending a few extra bucks to fix it.

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Coropo

10 years ago

I agree with the guys above. This isn't something you have to worry about until you start getting some serious traffic. It only takes a few minutes to upgrade, so no need for the additional expense until it's actually required.

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ChrisBa

10 years ago

Originally Posted by redness44

Admittedly, I haven't been taking my internet business seriously. But all that is changing now.

I have been using shared hosting and I'm wondering if I should upgrade to a dedicated server.

I've only got 4 sites. None of which are receiving enough traffic to mention. But Like I said, I'm ready to get to work on this thing and make a serious run at being an internet success.

Will someone with experience please advise?
Pro's & Cons (if any besides $$$)

Maybe look at a vps? It will be cheaper than dedicated but give you much more power and control than shared

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dlinq

10 years ago

VPS is the way to go for what you are trying to do.
Get the traffic then get the dedicated server.

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onegoodman

10 years ago

I don't know how much traffic exactlty we talking about here, but I would say Dedicated Server for a site, it got to be getting a hell of traffic, I have sites ranked on top 100,000 on Alexa ( with legitimate traffic ), VPS and reseller account are just find ( for reseller make sure you are watching how much memory and space do you need. VPS is another great option, and would be better than dedicated server ( the website has a higher chances to be online than a dedicated server).

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redness44

10 years ago

Originally Posted by onegoodman

I don't know how much traffic exactlty we talking about here, but I would say Dedicated Server for a site, it got to be getting a hell of traffic, I have sites ranked on top 100,000 on Alexa ( with legitimate traffic ), VPS and reseller account are just find ( for reseller make sure you are watching how much memory and space do you need. VPS is another great option, and would be better than dedicated server ( the website has a higher chances to be online than a dedicated server).

Great info. Thank you for the specifics. That's very helpful.

BTW...how much traffic do you have on the sites in Alexa's top 100?

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Grazina

10 years ago

Low cost and reliable servers are available from QHoster.com and A2hosting.com.
Using their servers you'll face no problems in future and your IT business will be profitable.

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jasondinner

10 years ago

Yeah you definitely don't need a dedicated server and probably won't for a long time.

VPS, as many have mentioned, should be your next move regarding hosting, but I wouldn't even worry too much about it now.

With that said though, you haven't shared with us how much traffic you're currently getting.

And to get in Alexa's top 100, you would need a TON of traffic.

Vimeo is the 100th ranked site in the world and this is how much they get and these numbers are very conservative (screenshot hopefully attached)

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redness44 10 years ago

Originally Posted by jasondinner

With that said though, you haven't shared with us how much traffic you're currently getting.

one of my sites is getting around 50 uniques/day. The other I'm just getting started on is less than 10/day

Originally Posted by jasondinner

And to get in Alexa's top 100, you would need a TON of traffic.

Oooops. I left off 3 0's. I was intending to ask about alexa's top 100,000
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SEOlover

10 years ago

You may start from dedicated servers providers like Qhoster.com and Snelserver.com , they provide quality servers at low prices and there is no downtime on them.
Any websites are possible to host with them.

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jasonb9829

10 years ago

Hi redness44, Unless you are actually getting huge amounts of traffic then i would stick with the shared hosting. You can use the extra money on marketing and promoting. Mr. Monetize

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redness44 10 years ago

Originally Posted by jasonb9829

Unless you are actually getting huge amounts of traffic

Thanks Jason. What would you define as "huge amounts of traffic"?
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- Devilfish168 10 years ago
  
  for me seem like have to stick to geek plan
  I using site ground.
  
  I still haven't earn back my hosting fee...
  
  can't downgrade
  because already have few sites running ..using sub domains...
  
  as cheapest plan don't support mulit sites
  
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selfdisciplineacademy

10 years ago

1. Set up an opt-in page, and start building lists.
2. Use FB, Bing, Google and more ADS to get targeted traffic cheap and fast.
3. Use FREE methods like blog commenting, YT, forums and Facebook to drive even more traffic.

Focus on list-building. Once you have lists, then you can make money

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HelpingYouBeAnExpert

10 years ago

I have had over the years shared, VPS and 2 super expensive dedicated servers (on softlayer.com) when I had like 300+ sites running at once. I got sick, sold my business and scaled back. But I'm back now and I discovered the HostMonster VPS is pretty fast especially for how little I pay. Also their support is amazing, I call and someone in the US puts my account in maintenance mode finds problems (9 out of 10). I had a leaky plugin on one my health sites I spent days trying to figure it out finally called and they guy figured it out and showed my WHM where it is. Amazing! So if you have 4 sites, try host-monster VPS first (my recommendation), I don't think you need a dedicated one yet. But that's jus my opinion if you site has huge traffic I could be wrong. Good luck.

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10 years ago

I know hostsailor.com and snelserver.com provide stable and low cost dedicated servers with high uptime. These guys know how to make their servers attractive for many webmasters in the IT world.

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OfferGrind

10 years ago

Based off the fact that you do not have much traffic, then you are more than likely better off sticking with shared hosting.. once you are receiving or driving considerable traffic to your sites and speed is important then you should consider upgrading to VPS or dedicated based off your needs.

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Kingfish85

10 years ago

You should really be more concerned with "resource usage" than "traffic". Many people say XX amount of traffic means you need this or that when in reality it doesn't mean anything.

You can't evaluate these things until you're able to start viewing metrics as your viewers increase.

500,000 average monthly viewers on one site my be fine on a basic shared hosting plan while 500,000 viewers on another isn't.

With that, a poorly managed "dedicated" server, vps etc can be worse than a shared account. A well managed shared sever can in most cases out perform a dedicated server depending on the specs at the average price point.

I would recommend just going on with a shared plan until you start to notice some sort of slow down, throttling etc etc, then re-evaluate based on what the outcome is.

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kpmedia

10 years ago

Even worse is when somebody counts traffic by "hits". That's not the measurement.
As you say, resource use is the biggie.

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Brandboyz

Banned 10 years ago

A dedicated hosting service, dedicated server, or managed hosting service is a type of Internet hosting in which the client leases an entire server not shared with anyone else. This is more flexible than shared hosting, as organizations have full control over the servers, including choice of operating system, hardware.. There is also another level of dedicated or managed hosting commonly referred to as complex managed hosting.

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Curtis2011

10 years ago

You can get dedicated hosting for about as cheap as shared hosting. The dedicated hosting isn't "unlimited" but neither is the shared hosting. What they don't tell you (except in fine print) is that you still get throttled all the same. Also with shared hosting there is a chance your site will go down randomly when someone else's site on the same server gets overloaded with traffic.

I used to use Bluehost and despite being one of the biggest names in the industry, their shared hosting completely sucked. My sites were down all the time with them, with no explanation and no remedy from customer support. I'm not with them anymore.

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razorz18

10 years ago

Hi,
I think you should stick with shared if traffic going to your website not growing. Choose Reseller package instead normal shared hosting. VPS would be necessary if your traffic is really big, but yet still no need for dedicated as it very expensive to manage.The best money for average website would shared (single website) or Reseller if you have more than one websites.

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Oziboomer

10 years ago

Originally Posted by razorz18

Hi,
I think you should stick with shared if traffic going to your website not growing. Choose Reseller package instead normal shared hosting. VPS would be necessary if your traffic is really big, but yet still no need for dedicated as it very expensive to manage.The best money for average website would shared (single website) or Reseller if you have more than one websites.

Agreed on the reseller option.

We run about 205 sites over about 7 different hosts but we have reseller accounts at each host and then split off various IPs for different purposes.

Only consider dedicated when you have a winner and if you are targeting locally you may be better to consider server location rather than whether or not you are using a dedicated server.

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PaulMeyer

10 years ago

A dedicated server is more reliable

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vishwa

10 years ago

If your website gets low amount of visitors than you should stick with it. Otherwise you can firstly go with VPS rather than just getting a Dedicated Server which will cost you a lot. However you can opt for cloud servers which is very affordable and you can pay as you go.

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Christian Grey

10 years ago

Start with shared hosting if your page seems to be growing up its very easy to transfer it to the dedicated.

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Vilvop

10 years ago

I know the best and most reliable dedicated servers can be got from serverleased.com and snelserver.com.
These two hosts are considered to be the best in providing stable and reliable dedicated server hosting taking into account the needs of all their customers.

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Grazina

9 years ago

There are low cost dedis which you can start from, I mean snelserver.com and serverleased.com.
They are well-known in the IT world and support is fast and skillful.

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Grazina 9 years ago

Hostsailor.com provides stable and low cost servers which are worth every cent you pay for.
They have solid servers which are supported perfectly well.
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Vilvop

9 years ago

Why don't you use a server from hostsailor.com or virtono.com?
They have solid enough servers to buy and support is helpful for 24 hours.

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Wisden Writers

9 years ago

If your sites are not getting much hits not, You may still continue with shared hosting no harm in that.
But before using Dedicated Server, You may try using VPS instead of directly upgrading to dedicated, as there are many managed VPS providers. In dedicated you need someone to manage as well & managed dedicated will cost lot.

If your sites are wordpress, wpengine is one of the best & fastest option, hassle free service but very costly if you start getting hits, they may charge upto $400-500 if you start getting say about 200K visits a month.

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Naets

9 years ago

If I were you i would stick to shared hosting if your sites are still working fine. Once your sites start going down randomly you will know it is time to upgrade

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