{"id":10858,"date":"2018-12-30T07:39:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T12:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/?p=10858"},"modified":"2019-09-30T14:49:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T19:49:39","slug":"need-dedicated-server-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/need-dedicated-server-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I Need Dedicated Hosting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.button {<br \/>    display: block;<br \/>    margin: 0 auto;<br \/>    width: 370px;<br \/>    height: 55px;<br \/>    font: 700 24px\/50px \"Trebuchet MS\", Arial;<br \/>    text-align: center;<br \/>    color: #1f1f1f;<br \/>    background: url(https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/button.png);<br \/>}<\/p>\n<p>.button:hover {<br \/>    background-position: 0 -55px;<br \/>}<br \/><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your website has been growing. That\u2019s great news! It\u2019s exactly what you hoped for when you first launched. But the growing traffic and storage needs are starting to put a strain on your bandwidth. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your visitors have to wait for the page to load-or worse, it doesn\u2019t open at all for them- your business will take a hit. If you can\u2019t load all the design elements, media, and pages you need, you\u2019ll keep hitting up against the limitations of what your website can do. \u00a0And as your sales and reputation grow, the stakes for potential security threats loom larger. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As your website grows, at a certain point you\u2019ll face the question: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do I need <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/dedicated-server\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dedicated hosting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/dedicated-server\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Dedicated.png\" alt=\"best dedicated server hosting\" width=\"470\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Dedicated.png 470w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Dedicated-300x38.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Is Dedicated Hosting?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every website requires <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/web-hosting\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">web hosting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to be accessible to visitors online. In order for people to see a website in the virtual world, it has to be hosted on a server stored somewhere in the physical world. Any website that invests in this type of hosting has one of these servers entirely to themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are a couple of different forms that a server can take. A business that has a strong IT department staffed with people who know how to properly manage and care for a website hosting server may own their own server and store it on their property. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But more commonly, businesses turn to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/dedicated-server\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">managed dedicated hosting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which means that you rent a full server from a web hosting provider that takes care of all the storage and maintenance of the server for you. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How Dedicated Hosting is Different from Other Options<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s easier to understand what dedicated hosting is and why you might need it if you have a solid understanding of your other options. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many websites start by getting shared hosting, the most affordable web host option. For smaller websites that don\u2019t get that much traffic, shared hosting means you share one server with many other websites-sometimes dozens or even hundreds of websites on one server. While that sounds like a lot, one server can handle a good amount of bandwidth and for many small businesses or personal websites this option works just fine. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But with this option, your website\u2019s performance is slightly dependent on what\u2019s happening with the other websites on the server. If one or more of the websites you share the server with has a day of abnormally heavy traffic, your website could face downtime or slow loading times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a website grows in popularity or complexity, sharing the resources of one server with so many others won\u2019t make sense. The next step up is a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/vps-hosting\">virtual private server<\/a> plan<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where you still share the server with multiple other websites, but there are fewer sites on the server and your portion of it is blocked off from theirs. This way, you\u2019re no longer affected by what\u2019s happening on the other websites. But your website\u2019s performance can still be hurt by your <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">own<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> site having higher traffic and storage needs than your portion of the server can handle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When your website grows to the point where a VPS plan no longer suffices, that\u2019s when you need to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/upgrade-dedicated-server\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">upgrade to a dedicated server<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17043\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17043\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17043\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/PoolInfoGraphic-01-copy-660x1024.png\" alt=\"Web hosting infographic\" width=\"640\" height=\"993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/PoolInfoGraphic-01-copy-660x1024.png 660w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/PoolInfoGraphic-01-copy-193x300.png 193w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/PoolInfoGraphic-01-copy-768x1191.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/PoolInfoGraphic-01-copy.png 1415w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Want to share our web hosting infographic? Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is Dedicated IP Hosting?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dedicated IP hosting sounds similar to dedicated hosting, but it\u2019s a different type of service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While your domain address is the main way you identify your site and the way your visitors find you, your website also has an IP address. All computers, mobile devices, and website servers have IP addresses. An IP address is a sequence of numbers divided by periods that devices use to communicate with each other and the larger web (they look something like 111.222.333.444).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With normal shared hosting, the websites that share a server will also share an IP address. If you want your website to have a unique IP, you\u2019ll need to specifically get dedicated IP hosting. \u00a0Here are the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/benefits-dedicated-ip-hosting\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">benefits of dedicated IP hosting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>You can get a SSL certificate.<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any website that accepts sensitive information through the site, especially financial information like credit card numbers, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/what-is-a-ssl-certificate\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">needs an SSL certificate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to ensure their visitors\u2019 information will be properly encrypted. Without an SSL, your business looks less trustworthy and you put your visitors at risk-especially for ecommerce businesses. A dedicated IP is one of the main ways to ensure your website will qualify for an SSL certificate. (Note that it used to be the only way, but in recent years some services offer Server Name Indication as an alternate option). \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>You don\u2019t have to worry about the email blacklist.<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sending spam emails doesn\u2019t just risk annoying the recipients, it can also get you blacklisted by email providers. When they notice a lot of emails marked spam coming from a particular IP address, they\u2019ll often remove the IP from their safe list and stop delivering the emails. Usually that\u2019s good for consumers and gives businesses a good reason to play by the rules, but if you happen to share an IP with another website that breaks the rules-you could be penalized. With a dedicated IP, you don\u2019t have to worry about being held accountable for another company\u2019s bad email behavior. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can get dedicated IP hosting without investing in a dedicated server. So if these are the main reasons you\u2019re considering dedicated hosting, save some money by just upgrading to a dedicated IP with your shared hosting plan instead. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both of these benefits are <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> included with dedicated hosting though, along with the others we\u2019ll discuss. <\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How Much Does Dedicated Hosting Cost?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main reason dedicated hosting isn\u2019t for everyone is the cost. Where shared server hosting can start at less than $3 a month, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/dedicated-hosting-cost\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dedicated hosting costs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> start at around $80 a month and goes up to over $100 for most reputable web hosting providers and plans. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you don\u2019t actually need dedicated web hosting for your business, then that price tag won\u2019t make much sense. But for businesses that have reached the point where dedicated hosting is warranted, the cost will be well worth it. <\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Know If You Need Dedicated Hosting<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So now we get to the main question at hand: how do you actually know if you need dedicated web hosting for your website? There are three main warning signs that may suggest it\u2019s time to upgrade to a dedicated server. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Your website is loading too slowly.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website speed matters<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A lot. And if you want your visitors to keep coming back, you need to be aware of the different <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/7-ways-to-speed-up-your-website\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ways to speed up your website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Over half of your visitors will leave if your site takes longer than 3 seconds to load, and many won\u2019t even wait that long. Oh, and a slow website will hurt your SEO rankings on top of that, which means fewer visitors to begin with. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the biggest factors in site speed is your choice in hosting provider and plan. If you\u2019re trying to run a hugely popular website on shared hosting, then your server will be overwhelmed and your visitors will suffer for it. To keep your website speed up to the expectations of your visitors, you need a website hosting solution that\u2019s appropriate to the level of traffic you get. If you\u2019ve outgrown shared web hosting and VPS hosting, then it\u2019s time to switch to dedicated hosting. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. You\u2019re running out of storage space.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Small businesses that have just a few pages will never have to worry about this. But as a website grows to include thousands of pages, media features like video and audio files, hundreds of high-resolution product images, or advanced features like \u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/create-forum-website\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">creating a website forum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-you\u2019ll find yourself hitting up against the amount of storage space allowed on shared and VPS plans. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you still have big plans for ways to grow your website, but only limited space to work with on the plan you have now, then consider going with a dedicated server instead. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. You\u2019re worried about vulnerability to hackers.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While many shared and VPS hosting server plans backed by respected web hosting providers are secure, a step up to a dedicated server is a quick and easy way to increase your website\u2019s security even further. When you share a server with other websites, your site becomes more vulnerable if one of their websites is hit with a DDoS attack or otherwise accessed by hackers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While most good web hosting providers have firewalls in place to avoid that and strategies to resolve the issue quickly if it occurs, the more popular and profitable your website gets, the more important it is to reduce all risks and keep your website working efficiently and securely 100% of the time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A dedicated server reduces your vulnerability so you can count on a site that\u2019s up and running more of the time, without any problems. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Managed Dedicated Hosting Makes Things Easy<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any type of dedicated server will provide the benefits described here, but if your business doesn\u2019t have the proper facilities to store a server, or the expert staff needed to maintain it, trying to manage a dedicated server on your own will cause more problems than it solves. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can get the same convenience that businesses using shared hosting do by outsourcing \u00a0that work to a web hosting company that\u2019s already invested in the facilities and professional staff required to efficiently and effectively keep a dedicated server running perfectly. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And you can count on proactive security updates and customer support that steps in the moment a problem arises to help you solve it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If it\u2019s time for your website to upgrade to a dedicated server, HostGator offers plans that start at $119 and pack in all the most important features enterprise websites need to thrive. Let us be your go-to service provider for all of your web hosting needs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/dedicated-server\">Get Started With HostGator!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your website has been growing. That\u2019s great news! It\u2019s exactly what you hoped for when you first launched. 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