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If you are out there buying Web hosting, you could probably get confused very easily, because of all the packages and options that exist out there. Having a lot of options for Web hosting is very good but again, it can be confusing. We are going to talk a little bit about shared hosting versus dedicated hosting and what you need to know in this article.
Shared hosting is when you are stuck on a server with a whole bunch of other websites. Shared hosting will be the cheapest packages that you can get from a Web host. What Web hosts will do is they will take a server and sell space on that server to as many customers as they can. How they determine how many customers can fit on a server we do not know but what we do know is that they usually oversell the space by a long way.
A server only has so much RAM and so much hard drive space and capacity to handle people using the server’s capabilities. Whenever you open a website, it takes a little bit of effort on the server’s part wherever it is located. So when they oversell the space and too many sites at once are being accessed, all the sites experienced a slowdown.
Now dedicated server hosting is what you would like to get if you want your sites to load fast. Dedicated server hosting is when you get placed on your very own server and it is just your websites on that server. You’ll want to make sure your server has a good amount of RAM and hard drive space for your needs.
You can find dedicated Windows hosting and Linux dedicated hosting. Now what hosting plan is best for you is really up to you and what you like best. Some people say that Linux is more stable, reliable and that it has better uptime but Web hosts offer the same uptime guarantee on both dedicated Windows hosting and Linux dedicated hosting servers.