Planning an online business needs lot of brainstorming at your end. First you need to register domain name, then you need to hunt for a domain space.

Then to capitalize the utility of Internet for your business, it is must to host your web Site on a server. This is called Web Hosting.

For hosting your Web Site on Web you can choose from two types of Web Hosting solutions – Dedicated Server and Shared Server. Shared Server is a server which is shared by more than two web sites. In contrary to shared server, dedicated server is a server which is controlled by only one site. This could be thought of as a Personal Server.

When a web site is hosted on a server and has the full control over the hardware or Operating Systems or any other aspect related to the maintenance of the server, then that server is known as the Dedicated Server. The site has full control of that server and any other web site can not share the server space. While choosing from two options of hosting solutions – shared and dedicated, the client can choose any depending on its requirements. But as per layman’s view the dedicated server is highly recommended for large businesses and small business can satisfy them with shared server.

The Web hosting company provides with hardware of the server, connectivity and routing solutions where as client has to look for software services. The dedicated server allows its customization as per the client’s requirements like adding of data applications, customization of server and hardware, and full control over network. The dedicated server solution is preferred as it offers with good bandwidth and options of data transfer over multiple connection points on a network. If your business needs best of reliability or stability then dedicated server is the best solution for it.

The big business houses are advised only for dedicated servers as they have large amount of data transfer to be handled where as small business can be settled for shared server services. No doubt in beginning it seems to be a costly affair but in long run provides you with much better connected administration. It allows the clients to customize it by installing new services and other administrative options that better suits to its requirements. With these servers you can also manage firewalls and can have password enabled for certain services to ensure protection and security.

If cost factor is not concerned then dedicated server has many advantages over shared server. The only thing that refrain the businesses from hosting a dedicated server is the technical minuscule related to it. To manage it the professional should have high technical bent of mind. But if you want your site to be noticed by the users you need to have a dedicated server as it will reduce the time taken by your site to get download and will help you to retain visitors for long. At the concluding note to have the strong online presence that appeals the engines and visitors you must opt for dedicate web hosting solutions. Despite of high cost related to it, the dedicated server is highly recommended and advisable.

Renu Singh/ITVoir Network