| Web hosting requirements of different customers | | | | hosting service provider handles these crucial issues. |
| are different. They need diversified web hosting | | | | Virtual Web Servers |
| solutions to satisfy all crucial needs of their business. | | | | Virtual web servers (also referred as virtual private |
| Large enterprises or huge e-Commerce companies' | | | | servers) share the resources (hardware, disk space, |
| need dedicated servers for hosting their large web | | | | RAM) of a web server. Virtualization software (like |
| applications over the web. However, nowadays even | | | | Virtuozzo) is used to create virtual web servers. Each |
| startup companies are feeling the urge to get a | | | | virtual server can have different operating system |
| dedicated web server to serve their hosting needs. | | | | and software installed depending upon customer's |
| Renting a dedicated web server is expensive affair. A | | | | requirement. Customers will have full access |
| virtual server may also serve their needs. So, it is a | | | | (administrative controls) to their own virtual private |
| matter of debate that which one to choose from | | | | space. They can manage it accordingly, but they are |
| dedicated servers or virtual servers. This article will | | | | not allowed to manage security issues (like Firewalls, |
| answer this important question as well as help in | | | | Antivirus software) individually. |
| making decision of selecting from virtual web servers | | | | Now, it is very easy to figure out that if rented a |
| and dedicated web servers. | | | | dedicated server, customer will have full access along |
| Dedicated Web Servers | | | | with the option to utilize 100% resources of server. |
| Dedicated Web servers as the name suggests are | | | | However, in case of virtual private severs, |
| meant to provide dedicated service to the customer | | | | customer's have to share the resources with others |
| who rent it. The customer has full control over these | | | | using different virtual server on same web server. |
| servers. For dedicated Linux web servers they have | | | | In case of running high end performance based web |
| root access, and for Windows Web Severs they | | | | applications, the performance may be affected. So, |
| have administrator access, that means customers | | | | for crucial process that may lead to high user load |
| using dedicated web servers are free to configure | | | | and requiring more processing power and other |
| the server as par their own requirements, they can | | | | hardware resources, people are advised to select |
| install required software onto it. | | | | dedicated web hosting. However, is someone is just |
| A variant of dedicated web hosting services is | | | | looking for a server with privacy (not available in |
| managed hosting. If chosen this type of service, | | | | shared hosting) they can think of renting a virtual |
| customers do not need to worry about the | | | | private server. |
| maintenance or security issues of servers. The | | | | |