Tips For Choosing Windows Dedicated Server Hosting - Sometimes You Get What You Pay For

A dedicated server is a place that you host your website which only has your site on and you are in full control of it. It is basically like having a computer that you do not have to share with anyone else, everything upon your server is yours and therefore you are not sharing with any other websites or domains. Many people with hosting are usually hosted on shared hosting accounts which means that you sharing the server with other websites, but with a dedicated server you are the only website on there and have the control you need at all times.

A dedicated server usually comes with access controls to let you reboot at any time, install things, control accessibility and lots of other things and they are usually used by the larger sites that would use too much server processing to really be fair on the other websites on the server if using a shared account. The more traffic your site gets, the more the server and databases are used and therefore if your site becomes really popular you should be looking to move to a dedicated server to improve the speed and reliability of the server for your own peace of mind.

Choosing a dedicated server takes a little bit of research and quite a bit of trust, but below we look at our top tips when choosing a dedicated server from a hosting company.

Price - As we have mentioned many times before, the cheapest option is usually not the best option, unless you have managed to get a discount or agree a really good deal. Without a good dedicated server you do not have a website, so you need to make sure the hosting company you choose is going to be perfect and all although its not always the case, the cheapest options usually means only one thing.

Reputation - Do your research, search the Internet and find out about the company you are going to be dealing with. Most dedicated servers come with a 12 month contract so you need to make sure that you are going to be happy working with the hosting company for at least a year. There are quite a few comparison websites on the Internet that offer customer feedback, so make sure you check through these for feedback about your possible hosting companies.

Reliability - If your server is down then your website is down, so make sure like the tip above also suggests that you do your research and find out if your possible hosting companies have had any major issues previously. You are always going to get down time, but the important thing is that you can trust the company to put things right and that you can always get hold of them to get things sorted.

Features - Although you will probably not need or understand all of the features available to you, it is well worth choosing a hosting company that does offer a good range of extras and small additions.

Operating System - Most servers come with two choices when you set them up, either a Windows base operating system or a Linux one, so you need to make sure that you know the system that you need before you commit to the hosting, because swapping between the two once live is practically impossible.

Ian Spencer works for Clear Web Services, a SEO Web Optimisation and Web Design company serving the Forest Of Dean, Gloucestershire and South Wales.

He has worked in the SEO and Internet Marketing world for many years, and working in partnership with another company has launched the new SEO business.

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