Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

This is the final step when it comes to web hosting - your own dedicated or managed server hosting server. When you use dedicated hosting you have an entire server to yourself that absolutely nobody else uses. You have complete control over the server - including specifying what hardware it uses and what software is installed on it. Your web host will usually provide direct support for the server in it's datacenter - but you can opt to have somebody else handle the support if you want.

These are top of the heap when it comes to hosting sites of any kind and the speed and reliability usually give you a pretty good return on investment pretty quickly. And that's just it - these types of servers are usually dedicated to big business or businesses that see a lot of growth for their online presence. This page is here to warn as much as it is to inform you of what you'd be investing in - some web hosts could recommend a dedicated server when a VPS would do - and vice versa.

If you were running an online business that had several dozen websites then a dedicated server could be something that might interest you because you'll get a range of IPs to work with and a totally clean IP range in terms of search engine rankings. Then again you need to look at the costs. A dedicated server is going to cost you around $200 per month to start so you'll need to be generating more than $5 or $6k per month to justify that kinda cost - at least in my books.

Again the idea of running a large web forum or messageboard on a dedicated server comes up. If you have several thousand users hitting your site every single day and you're dishing out a lot of pages a dedicated managed server is probably the best thing you can do for your online presence.

If you're thinking of getting a dedicated server and want to check out the specs and price ranges then have a look at what Hostgator offer in this area.