The benefits of Dedicated Servers – in 140 Characters or less

Remember when you were a kid and you were always told to share your things? fast-forward a couple of years (way more, if you’re like me…) and now you know it’s better to have some things entirely to yourself.

So it’s the case of hosting servers! Sure there are some who might still prefer shared hosting, but once you read this entry you’ll see how Dedicated Servers can make you and your users/visitors happier!

These are the top benefits of a Dedicated Server, explained in bite-size portions… because sometimes less is more -here we go!

1. No sharing! – Other websites won’t be hogging up the server’s resources, so you get all the power. 

2. Enhanced performance – you get maximum uptime for your website because server resources are exclusive to you.

3. Big traffic? No problem – your server bandwidth is only yours so bottleneck issues can stay in the past!

4. Stable and reliable – Dedicated servers provide more stability and reliability than shared hosting. Why? Because no one else is messing your server!  

5. Load in a flash – your server won’t slow down, as there are no other applications sharing your space and clogging up the server’s RAM and CPU. 

6. Happy visitors and SEO boost – your visitors and user can have your website or app load faster and you get an SEO boost for top speed and happy users!

A Kissmetrics report shows that 47% of consumers expect a page to load within two seconds. Performance is definitely something to give careful consideration to, as compromising your site’s speed does more than frustrate your visitors. It may impact your search performance as well.

7. Better security – With a dedicated server, you can also be sure that you aren’t sharing space with a malicious website or a potential spammer. 

8. Secure transactions – Dedicated hosting allows enhanced security, particularly important for companies handling sensitive transactions over FTP or SSL.

9. Unique IP address – this is especially important if you are running an e-commerce site that requires SSL for credit card processing.

10. No bad neighbors – with a dedicated server you don’t have to worry about your neighbors being spam sites or adult sites that could lower your websites’ rank.

11. Flexibility – you can easily customize your server to meet your RAM, disk space, CPU, and software needs.

12. Scalability – pretty much an extension of the last point. You can easily upgrade your server and scale at your own pace.

13. Tailored environment – a dedicated server allows organizations a customizable server environment that fits their needs.

14. A la carte platform – choose the platform and software you really need, allowing more control over how your dedicated server is configured.

15. An overall higher level of control – dedicated servers give you the ability to add all the applications and programs you want – rather than being stuck with your host’s default options. 

Bonus: No overhead for purchasing or maintaining equipment – renting a dedicated hosting is a low-cost way to access the resources of a full server!

The usual drawback

There are 2 sides to every coin and dedicate servers are no exception to the rule. Sites that deal with a lot of traffic, or have strict needs for customization and security, may find that a dedicated hosting provider is their best option.

All these advantages do come at a higher price than shared hosting, but with companies like ServerPronto, you can have a dedicated server for as little as $49.95 a month alongside other great benefits like fast provisioning, 24/7/365 award-winning support and a fault-tolerant network that guarantees 100% SLA uptime.

If you need flexibility on the back end, expect a high volume of traffic for your app or website, want complete control over your server, plus the performance and security of your web hosting services are incredibly important to you, consider dedicated hosting, as this option will let you customize settings in a way that you simply can’t with shared hosting.

ServerPronto offers the best affordable and secure hosting service in all dedicated server packages.

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